CPA · Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act
Part 3 — Prompt Payment
32.2 Payment deadline - owner to contractor
under a proper invoice must pay the amount payable under a proper
invoice no later than 28 days after receiving the proper invoice.
(2) An owner who disputes a proper invoice may refuse to pay all
or any portion of the amount payable under the proper invoice
within the time specified in subsection (1) if, no later than 14 days
after receiving the proper invoice, the owner gives the contractor a
notice of dispute, in the prescribed form and manner, specifying the
amount of the proper invoice that is not being paid and detailing all
the reasons for non-payment.
(3) Subsection (1) continues to apply to any amount payable under
the proper invoice that is not the subject of a notice of dispute
under subsection (2).
2020 c30 s14