Subsection 1: Direct payment of the subcontractor

A direct subcontractor of the contractor who has been accepted and whose payment conditions have been approved by the purchaser shall be paid directly by the purchaser for the part of the contract for which he is responsible.Any waiver of direct payment shall be deemed unwritten.

Direct payment is compulsory even if the contractor is being wound up by the court, is in receivership or is the subject of safeguard proceedings.