Papamuri
I roto i te take Kennedy Civil Contracting Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) v Richard Crookes Construction Pty Ltd; i roto i te take Kennedy Civil Contracting Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 99 , i kitea e te Kōti ko te hanganga o tētahi whakaaetanga whakaritenga kamupene ( DOCA ) i mua i te whakakorenga o te kamupene kāore e rite ki tētahi kaupapa hē i raro i te wāhanga 445D(1)(g) o te Corporations Act 2001 (Ahitereiria) (te Corporations Act ). Nā te oranga tonutanga o te DOCA i whakaroahia ai ngā tukanga whakakorenga, ā, i whakakahoretia te whakamahinga o te wāhanga 32B o te Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 (NSW) (te SOP Act ). Nā te kore e whai mana o te wāhanga, i taea e Kennedy Civil Contracting ( Kennedy ) te whai i tētahi kereme utu ki a Richard Crookes Construction ( Richard Crookes ).
Ngā meka
I utua a Kennedy e Richard Crookes ki te mahi i ngā mahi ā-iwi, ngā mahi wai ua, me ngā mahi e pā ana ki tēnā i raro i ngā kirimana iti e rua. I te wā e mahia ana ngā mahi, i mahi a Kennedy i ngā kereme utu maha. Kāore i whiwhi whakautu katoa ēnei. I muri i ētahi marama, ka tukuna a Kennedy ki raro i te whakahaere tūao. I whakatūria ngā kaiwhakahaere tahi me ētahi kaiwhakahaere tūao i raro i te wāhanga 436A o te Ture Kamupene.
I tono a Kennedy kia whakarāpopototia te whakataunga i raro i ngā wāhanga 15 me te 16 o te Ture SOP i muri i te paunga o te wā me te kore whakautu mai i a Richard Crookes. Hei whakautu, i ngana a Richard Crookes ki te whakakore i ngā whakahaerenga i tīmatahia e Kennedy, i runga i te whakapae he tukino i te tukanga. I ahu mai tēnei i te wāhanga 32B o te Ture SOP e aukati ana i ngā kamupene kei te whakakorengia kia tuku kereme utu.
I muri i te tukunga o te tono, i haere ngā kaituku nama a Kennedy ki tētahi hui i pōti ai rātou kia whakaaetia te whakaurunga ki tētahi DOCA pupuri . [1] Kāore i hunaia te meka i mōhio rātou kua kore rawa te kamupene e taea te utu ; ā, ko te whakaurunga ki te DOCA pupuri i mahia kia taea ai te whakamana i ngā kereme utu i raro i te Ture SOP. I whakaaro a Richard Crookes he kaupapa hē tēnei e ai ki te wāhanga 445D(1)(g) o te Ture Kamupene, he whakaritenga e whakarārangi ana i ngā take mō te whakamana i te whakamutu i tētahi DOCA. I noho tēnei hei kaupapa matua mō te tautohe a Richard Crookes puta noa i ngā whakahaerenga.
Te whakatau
I te whakawakanga o te tautohe i roto i te Kōti Matua o NSW, e rua ngā take matua i whakatauhia:
- I te mea i whakaurua te DOCA hei karo i ngā here i te wāhanga 32B, he kaupapa hē tēnei e ai ki te wāhanga 445D o te Ture Kamupene?
- Mena ko te whakautu he "kāo", i rite tonu rānei aua mahi ki te tukino i te tukanga?
Mō te pātai tuatahi, i whakatau te Kōti he tautoko tā Kennedy, me te whakaaro ko te kaupapa o te pupuri i te DOCA e pai ana ki raro i te Ture SOP. Mā te whakauru ki te DOCA, kua whai mana a Kennedy ki te kaupapa utu inaianei, e kīia ana i muri mai, mō te whakataunga ture. I tua atu, i whakamahia te DOCA i runga i te huarahi i whakaarohia e te Ture Kamupene. Nō reira, kāore he take kia karohia te wāhanga kei roto i te Ture SOP.
I te take tuarua, i angitu anō hoki a Kennedy. Kāore i puta he tukinotanga o te tukanga nā te mea i whakahaerea āna take i waho o te whānuitanga o te wāhanga 32B o te Ture SOP. Inaa, e ai ki te Kōti, i mahia te rautaki DOCA i runga i te huarahi e whai ana i ngā whakaritenga – te karo i te whakakorenga hei whakatutuki i tētahi kereme utu.
Whakamutunga
Me mihi ki te whakataunga a te Kōti Matua o NSW e ngā kamupene hanga whare e raru ana ki te rere o te moni. Ka whakarei ake te kaha ki te whakamana i ngā kereme utu, ā, me whakaatu te whakataunga i te whai huatanga o ngā pupuri DOCA. He taputapu tika tēnei, ā, e rite ana ki te kaupapa o te whakataunga ture. He mārama, ko te korenga o te moni e taea te utu ehara i te arai tūturu ki te whiwhi i te mea e tika ana kia utua e koe.
Ngā Tohutoro
[1] He whakaritenga here te DOCA i waenganui i tētahi kamupene me ōna kaituku nama e whakatū ana i te tukanga whakahaere i ngā take me ngā rawa o te kamupene.
