A blank, ready-to-complete pay-less notice under section 111 of the HGCRA. State the sum you consider due, show the basis of calculation, and set out the grounds for each deduction — served in time, with the calculation shown.
Timing is critical — a pay-less notice must be given after the payment notice (or application that stands as one) and not later than the prescribed period before the final date for payment. A notice served late, or for less than the genuine sum due, is ineffective and the notified sum becomes payable in full.
This notice is not an admission that the balance withheld is not due. Nothing in it waives any other right or remedy. The payee may refer any dispute over the sum due to adjudication at any time.
Identify the application or payment notice this relates to in section 1, and the relevant dates in section 2 — the notice must be served in the prescribed window before the final date for payment.
State the sum you consider due in section 3 — this is the amount that must be paid by the final date for payment.
Show the basis of calculation in section 4: the HGCRA requires the calculation to be shown, not just the figure.
Set out each deduction and its contractual basis in section 5, with supporting evidence listed in section 6 — the burden of justifying a deduction is on the payer.
Serve the notice in time and keep proof of service; a late or unparticularised notice is ineffective and the full notified sum becomes payable.
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