ABSTRACT
The provisions relating to payment concern the way the contractor is paid by the employer. The consideration given by the employer to the contractor is not always a fixed amount of money. However, there are only certain circumstances in which the contract sum can be altered. The most important of these is where there are variations, i.e. changes to the specification of work, but there are others. This Chapter addresses these issues, and also the way that mechanisms such as retention and set-off affect payment to the contractor.
