The Scheme for Construction Contracts in Northern Ireland Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Adjudicator’s decision

20.  The adjudicator shall decide the matters in dispute. He may take into account any other matters which the parties to the dispute agree should be within the scope of the adjudication or which are matters under the contract which he considers are necessarily connected with the dispute. In particular, he may–

(a) open up, revise and review any decision taken or any certificate given by any person referred to in the contract unless the contract states that the decision or certificate is final and conclusive;

(b) decide that any of the parties to the dispute is liable take a payment under the contract (whether in sterling or some other currency) and, subject to Article 10(4) of the 1997 Order, when that payment is due and the final date for payment;

(c) having regard to any term of the contract relating to the payment of interest decide the circumstances in which, and the rates at which, and the periods for which simple or compound rates of interest shall be paid.