New Zealand: CCAs Sudden-death Regime For Construction Contracts 16 March 2022 Cavell Leitch Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Those in the construction industry will be familiar with the "sudden death" regime set out in the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (CCA). If a valid payment claim is issued and no payment schedule is received within the applicable timeframe, the amount claimed becomes a due debt.