LEGAL BOUNDARIES · GENERAL INFORMATION
TimeBar is shaped as a calculator plus template generator with enforced refusal branches. That shape is the legal strategy. This page states the boundary it is built around — it is not legal advice, and it has not been reviewed by a solicitor.
Computing a date from a statutory formula (for example, "10 business days after service" under the Act's definition of business day) is the same class of act as a lawyer's wall-chart or a published deadline table: it states what the legislation says, applied to dates you supply, without recommending a course of action.
Applying law to your specific facts sits closer to advice. The mitigations TimeBar is designed with: every output is labelled as not legal advice; the engine refuses rather than guesses where facts are ambiguous; it never assesses merits, prospects, defences, or strategy; and it never files, serves, or corresponds as your agent.
TimeBar may track adjudication application and response windows, remind, and generate blank-field templates. It must never assess prospects of success or the likely adjudicated amount, draft submissions or reasons, choose or contact an adjudicator, lodge or file an application, serve any document, or advise whether to litigate, adjudicate, or negotiate.
| Proposition | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NSW subcontract payment due-date cap 30→20 business days | NSW Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Bill 2018, passed both Houses; commenced 21 Oct 2019 | [verified 2026-09-28 — passed Bill text] |
| QLD payment schedule due 15 business days after given | Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld), current as at 28 Apr 2026, s76 | [verified 2026-09-28 — primary text] |
| QLD business-day exclusions (22–24 Dec, 27–31 Dec, 2–10 Jan) | BIF Act 2017 (Qld), Sch 2 | [verified 2026-09-28 — primary text] |
| NSW business-day exclusions (27–31 Dec) | NSW Security of Payment Act, s4 | [verified 2026-09-28 — primary text] |
| NSW payment schedule due 10 business days after service | NSW Security of Payment Act (schedule provisions) | [unverified — needs solicitor confirmation before any real use] |
| Adjudication windows (NSW 10 BD; QLD 30 BD after short-pay schedule) | Secondary sources, consistent | [likely — secondary-consistent] |
| 2026 NSW "business day" → "working day" amendment | Fair Trading and Building Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 (NSW), assented 14 Aug 2026; proclamation status pending | [verified 2026-09-28 — passed Bill text; proclamation [unverified]] |
No aspect of this prototype has had solicitor review. Before any real-user contact: every encoded rule and citation must be signed off by counsel; the information/advice characterisation must be confirmed for the actual product UX; terms must be solicitor-drafted (not-legal-advice acknowledgement, liability cap); privacy compliance and Australian data residency must be confirmed; and the prototype's hand-compiled holiday table must be replaced by an authoritative feed. Until then, this page is the full extent of what exists: staged copy.
Payment claims contain commercial-in-confidence material. Before real use: Australian Privacy Principles compliance, data residency in Australia, read-only inbox scopes with revocation, deletion on cancellation, and no training of models on customer documents without consent. [unverified — staged requirements]
The staged checkout simulates the purchase flow only — no real charge, no real account.