Table of Contents What is CIPAA 2012 Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 ? CIPAA 2012 is the abbreviation of an act of Parliament / legislation known as Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 enacted on 15th April 2014.  CIPAA Act 2012 introduces the “Statutory CIPAA Adjudication” dispute resolution mechanism to resolve payment disputes.  Its principal objective is to facilitate timely payment and ease the cashflow in the construction industry in a speedy and summary Adjudication Process.  In the CIPAA Adjudication Proceeding, an “adjudicator” (akin to a judge in court proceeding / arbitrator in arbitration) will be appointed to