Once you have made an application for adjudication, it may be withdrawn at any time up until the adjudicator makes a determination. If you wish to withdraw the application and cease adjudication, the Act requires that you serve a notice to withdraw on both the adjudicator and the respondent.
Where a settlement of the payment dispute has been reached following an application for adjudication, the adjudicator may, at the consent of both parties, make a determination that gives effect to the terms of the settlement.
Be aware that where an application for adjudication is withdrawn prior to the adjudicator issuing a determination, both parties may still be liable for any costs that the adjudicator has incurred in determining the payment dispute. The same applies where the adjudicator has issued a determination giving effect to a settlement.
