RTA · Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act
Part 9 — Regulations and Transitional Provisions
70 Regulations
(a) make regulations for the purposes of section 1.1
(i) prescribing a class of p rofessionals acting in a
consultative capacity referred to in section 1.1(1);
(ii) respecting the application of any part or all of this
Act to one or more prescribed classes of
professionals acting in a consultative capacity;
(iii) respecting an agreement, entity, undertaking or work
or a class of agreements, entities, undertakings or
works for the purposes of section 1.1(2)(c);
(iv) prescribing persons or e ntities, or classes of persons
or entities, whether incorporated or not, for the
purposes of section 1.1(3);
(v) prescribing a project agr eement or a class of project
agreements to finance and undertake an improvement
for the purposes of section 1.1(3);
(vi) respecting the application of any part or all of this
Act to a prescribed person, entity or project
agreement or to a prescribed class of persons, entities
or project agreements for the purposes of section
1.1(3);
(a.001) make regulations for the purpose of section 5(2)
respecting the waiver of any right or obligation under Part
2 by a member of a prescribed class of professionals
acting in a consultative capacity;
(a.01) make regulations for the purposes of Part 2;
(a.1) make regulations for the purposes of Part 3;
(a.11) without limiting the gene rality of clause (a.1), make
regulations for the purposes of Part 3
(i) prescribing the information referred to in section
32.1(1)(h);
(ii) respecting the application of section 32.1(3);
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(iii) respecting the requirem ent to give an owner proper
invoices every 31 days under section 32.1(6);
(iv) prescribing the form and manner for a notice of
dispute referred to in section 32.2(2);
(v) prescribing the form and manner of a notice of non-
payment referred to in section 32.3(5)(a) and (6);
(vi) respecting notices of non-payment for the purposes
of section 32.4;
(vii) prescribing the form and manner of a notice of non-
payment referred to in section 32.5(6)(a) and (7);
(viii) prescribing the rates r eferred to in section 32.6;
(a.2) make regulations for the purposes of Part 5
(i) respecting the appointment of any officers or
employees required for the administration of a
Nominating Authority;
(ii) subject to section 33.2(2 ), respecting the powers and
duties of a Nominating Authority;
(iii) respecting the paym ent of remuneration and
expenses to the officers or employees of a
Nominating Authority;
(iv) respecting qualifications for the appointment of
adjudicators;
(v) specifying the matters in respect of which an
adjudicator may hear a dispute;
(vi) respecting the powers and duties of adjudicators;
(vii) respecting the determination of disputes, including
the making of orders and any relief or remedies an
adjudicator may order;
(viii) respecting procedures for making applications for
adjudication, including any procedures, fees and
forms required;
(ix) respecting the service of notices, documents and
orders for adjudication;
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(x) respecting the additional requirements referred to in
section 33.61(1)(f);
(xi) respecting judicial reviews for the purposes of
section 33.7;
(xii) respecting the management and administration of the
adjudication process;
(xiii) respecting any other matter that the Lieutenant
Governor in Council considers necessary or
advisable to carry out the intent and purposes of Part
5.
(a.3) prescribe rules to expedite and facilitate the business
before any court under this Act, and to advance the
interests of suitors in it;
(b) prescribe a tariff of costs
(i) as between parties, and
(ii) as between solicitor and client,
payable for services rendered in respect of a lien under
this Act;
(c) prescribe forms to be used under this Act;
(d) prescribe rules for the purpose of remedying any
confusion, difficulty or inconsistency in applying any
provision, including transitional issues, of this Act and
any regulation prescribed under this Act;
(e) define terms used but not defined in this Act.
RSA 2000 cB-7 s70;2020 c30 s25;2024 c20 s2