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# Pay less notice

The notice the other party must send if it plans to pay you less than the notified sum.

by [Jack Butler-Kettle](<https://www.quantsurv.com/about#jack-butler-kettle>) · About 1 min readShare

## Further detail

Read this alongside [section 111 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996](<https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/111n1>).

A pay less notice is part of the payment mechanism for paying less than the notified sum. Content, timing and service are important, including the sum considered due and its basis. A letter alleging defects is not necessarily a valid pay less notice, and a valid notice does not finally decide liability.

Check the document and underlying deduction separately. [Underpayment recovery](<https://www.quantsurv.com/claims?service=%2Funderpaid%2Fservices%2Funderpayment-recovery#client-types>) can help organise that distinction and the supporting evidence.

## Sources

1.  [Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, s 111 (Requirement to pay notified sum)](<https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/111n1>). legislation.gov.uk.

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