{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scheme-for-construction-contracts-england-and-wales-regulations-1998/schedule/part-I/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/649",
  "legislation_title": "The Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scheme-for-construction-contracts-england-and-wales-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/part/I/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where an adjudicator has been selected in accordance with paragraphs 2, 5 or 6, the referring party shall, not later than seven days from the date of the notice of adjudication, refer the dispute in writing (the “referral notice”) to the adjudicator.\n(2) A referral notice shall be accompanied by copies of, or relevant extracts from, the construction contract and such other documents as the referring party intends to rely upon.\n(3) The referring party shall, at the same time as he sends to the adjudicator the documents referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), send copies of those documents to every other party to the dispute.\n(4) Upon receipt of the referral notice, the adjudicator must inform every party to the dispute of the date that it was received.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. Pt. 1 para. 7(4) inserted (W.) (1.10.2011) by The Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1715), regs. 1(1), 3(3) (with reg. 1(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. Pt. 1 para. 7(4) inserted (E.) (1.10.2011) by The Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2333), regs. 1(1), 3(3) (with reg. 1(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. Pt. I para. 7 in force at 1.5.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/649/schedule/part/I/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:10.650075+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}