British Columbia.
Know your starting point.

Prepare for prompt payment. Do not treat an enacted law as an active payment clock.

Enacted · awaiting commencement

Scope comes before calculation.

The official consolidation checked on 4 October 2026, current to 22 September 2026, marks sections 1–51 as not in force. Commencement and transition details need to be checked before using the new framework.

Prompt payment does not issue B.C. prompt-payment dates. Existing contract obligations and Builders Lien Act deadlines can still matter now.

Read the governing statute

Prepare for what is coming.

No active B.C. prompt-payment dates are generated by the educational tools. Existing contract and lien obligations still need attention.

Explore the fundamentals.

General guides with British Columbia context

Payment deadlines

Proper invoices

Notices of non-payment

Adjudication

Holdback

Lien rights

Keep the primary sources close.

Builders Lien Act, SBC 1997, c. 45 (in force)Construction Prompt Payment Act, SBC 2025, c. 24 (NOT in force)Bill 20 as passed third reading (full text; the statreg page prints no section text)BC prompt-payment implementation status (Ministry of Infrastructure)

Edition: 4 October 2026. Regime status and linked instruments must be checked again before relying on a live deadline.

British Columbia.Know your starting point.