Government Issues Model Adjudication Documents

Summary

On 10 February 2025, the Development Bureau ("DEVB") issued a suite of model adjudication documents ("Model Documents"), including a set of model adjudication rules ("Model Rules").

This suite of Model Documents is not issued so as to be binding or operative in their own right. Rather, they are issued as guidance (perhaps strong guidance) for the various entities who will apply to Government to be recognised as approved adjudicator nominating bodies, "ANBs", for the purposes of the Construction Industry Security of Payment Ordinance (Cap. 652) ("Ordinance").

Although it remains uncertain to what extent the Model Documents will be adopted by nominating bodies, the Model Documents offer a preview of how the Ordinance might function when it comes into operation on 28 August 2025.