For builders and contractors
Month-end shouldn't depend on finding a JP.
Under the security of payment legislation, a head contractor has to serve a supporting statement with every payment claim. Most head contracts go further and require a witnessed statutory declaration that subcontractors have been paid. Miss it and the claim is exposed – every single month.
Where it goes wrong
It falls due on the same day every month
Claims cluster around the 25th and month-end. That's when your director is on site, the office is flat out, and the JP at the library has a queue.
The declaration gates the claim
Head contracts commonly make the statutory declaration a precondition to payment. A claim worth six or seven figures can turn on a signature and a witness.
It's after hours by the time it's ready
The subcontractor payment schedule isn't final until late. By the time the declaration can honestly be sworn, everything free has closed.
Site-based directors can't get to a desk
The person who has to swear it is the person least likely to be near a witness.
Documents we handle
- Statutory declarations supporting progress claims
- Supporting statements under security of payment legislation
- Subcontractor payment declarations
- Declarations under head contract annexures
- Retention and release declarations
- Statutory declarations for practical completion claims
- Licensing and annual reporting declarations
- Subcontract agreements and deeds
Why use us
Available when the claim is actually ready
Appointments run into the evening, seven days a week. The declaration gets sworn the night it's finalised, not the morning after the deadline.
Reserved month-end windows
On the Volume plan we hold practitioner availability across your claim window, so the busiest week of your month is the week we're most available.
Wording matched to your contract
Annexure declarations vary between head contracts. We'll configure the endorsement to the form your contract actually requires.
$29 evening, $39 on demand
Appointment slots show their own price in the calendar. Business accounts are invoiced monthly.
Questions
Does a supporting statement have to be witnessed?
The statutory supporting statement itself generally doesn't require a witness – but most head contracts separately require a statutory declaration in a prescribed annexure form, and a statutory declaration does require one. Check your contract; if you send it to us we'll tell you which you're dealing with.
Can the same director swear declarations for several projects?
Yes. One identity check, then one short session per declaration. On a Volume account these run back to back in a single booking.
What if we're claiming across multiple states?
We cover the Commonwealth plus Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory, and apply the correct form for each. We don't currently cover WA or Tasmania.
Cover your next claim window
Tell us your claim dates and how many declarations you swear each month, and we'll reserve the availability.