s 23 Consequences of not paying adjudicated amount
23.—(1) Where a respondent fails to pay the whole or any part of the adjudicated amount to a claimant in accordance with section 22, the claimant may do either or both of the following:(a) serve a written notice on the respondent of the claimant’s intention to exercise a lien under section 25 on goods supplied by the claimant to the respondent under the contract concerned that are unfixed and which have not been paid for; (b) serve a written notice on the respondent under section 26 of the claimant’s intention to suspend carrying out construction work or supplying goods or services under the contract concerned. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), where a party to an adjudication fails to pay the whole or any part of the adjudicated amount to any other party in accordance with section 22, the aggrieved party may apply for and enforce the adjudication determination as if it were a judgment debt in accordance with section 27.