Kāore pea e taea te whakamana i ngā whakaritenga pupuri noa i roto i ngā kirimana iti. I roto i te Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Vadasz [2018] HCA 5, i whakatau tata nei te Kōti Matua o Ahitereiria, i runga i tōna hanganga tika, ko ngā whakaritenga pupuri i roto i tētahi kirimana iti i whakatakoto i te kawenga mō te utu o ngā pupuri i runga i te otinga o te kaupapa katoa i raro i ngā whakaritenga o te kirimana matua i rite ki tētahi rarangi "utu-ina-utua" ā, i raro i te Ture SOP e tika ana, kāore i whai hua te whakaritenga, ā, kāore i taea te whakamahi hei pūtake mō te pupuri utu mai i tētahi utu ahunga whakamua.
He pānga nui tō te whakataunga ki ngā kaiwhakatū matua, me arotake e rātou ā rātou kirimana iti kia kore ai ngā whakaritenga pupuri e rite ki ngā whakaritenga "utu-ina-utua" kāore e taea te whakamana mā te whakarite kia utua i runga i te otinga mahi (i tētahi atu huihuinga rānei) i raro i te kirimana matua, ā, i te whānui ake, e pā ana ki tētahi atu whakaritenga e utu ana i raro i te kirimana iti i runga i te utu i raro i te kirimana matua, arā, ko ngā wāhanga whai mana/whakatau tautohe e hiahia ana kia whakaae te kaiwhakatū iti ki te putanga o tētahi whakataunga whakahaere, o tētahi tukanga whakatau tautohe rānei i raro i te kirimana matua.
I raro i te wāhanga 13 o te ture SOP o Aotearoa, arā, te Ture Kirimana Hanga 2002, kāore he mana ture o ngā whakaritenga utu herenga i roto i te āhua o ngā rarangi "utu-ina-utua" me "utu-mēnā-utua", kāore e taea te whakamana i roto i ngā whakahaerenga ā-ture, ā, kāore e taea te whakamahi hei pūtake mō te pupuri i ngā utu e tika ana kia utua i raro i te kirimana. Hei tāpiri, e pā ana ki ngā moni pupuri, e kī ana te wāhanga 18I(1)(a) he kore mana tetahi wāhanga i roto i te kirimana hanga e kī ana ka utua te moni pupuri i runga i tetahi mea ehara i te whakatutukitanga o ngā herenga a te kaiwhiwhi i raro i te kirimana hanga.
Nā te whakataunga a Maxcon , me whakaaro ngā kaimahi matua mō ngā kirimana ā muri ake nei mēnā me tono ngā kaimahi iti ki te whakarato i te haumarutanga mō te whakatutukitanga mā te here, te taurangi peeke rānei, me whakaae rānei ki ngā wā whakamōhio/nama mō ngā hapa me ngā kaimahi iti e roa atu ana i te rā otinga e tumanakohia ana mō te kirimana matua kia kore ai e utua ngā moni pupuri ki ngā kaimahi iti i mua i te whiwhinga utu i raro i te kirimana matua – ahakoa he hapa iti i te rā otinga, ka raru pea te rere moni nui mō te kaimahi matua!
Heoi, he mea nui ake, he maha ngā kaiwhakatū matua ka pāngia e te raruraru nui o te rere o te moni e pā ana ki ngā kirimana iti o nāianei, e ai ki a Maxcon, kāore e tutuki i te aukati i ngā whakaritenga utu herenga. I roto i ēnei take, kua tangohia kētia ngā moni pupuri mai i ngā kereme utu whakamua e ngā kaiwhakatū matua i runga i ngā whakaritenga pupuri kāore e whai hua, ā, ko aua moni pupuri kāore e tika ana kia puritia e aua kaiwhakatū matua.
