What is the deadline for adjudication slip-rule correction?
Under the Scheme, an adjudicator may correct a clerical or typographical error arising by accident or omission, but any correction must be made within five days of delivery of the decision to the parties.
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This page explains the cited rule. It does not generate an automated date. Check the trigger, service facts, time-counting treatment and any order before you use the period in your diary.
- Start point
- Delivery of the decision to the parties
- Stated period
- Five days for the adjudicator to make a correction
Worked source check
- Example input
- 03/08/2026
- Expected result
- No automated date. Confirm that the issue is a qualifying clerical or typographical error first.
The adjudicator delivered a decision, but the alleged error and contractual correction route are not confirmed.
The five-day period concerns the adjudicator making a correction. It is not a universal deadline for a party to seek reconsideration.
What this source guide covers
- Period
- Five days for the adjudicator to make a correction
- Trigger
- Delivery of the decision to the parties
- Direction
- Forward from delivery of the decision
- Counting method
- The five-day limit applies to making the correction. The provision does not prescribe the same fixed deadline for a party to ask for one.
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 116 applies to statutory day counts, but the delivery facts and any contractual correction provision must be checked.
Scheme for Construction Contracts, paragraph 22A. Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998, paragraph 22A. Scheme for Construction Contracts, paragraph 22A checked 07/08/2026
Exceptions and matter facts
- Paragraph 22A is limited to a clerical or typographical error arising by accident or omission; it is not a route to reargue the merits.
- Check the contract and the delivered decision. A corrected decision forms part of the decision under paragraph 22A(4).
Deadline Engine is calculation software, not legal advice. Check the current rule, any order and the facts before adding a date to your diary.