(1) A payer may respond to a payment claim by providing a payment schedule to the payee.
(2) A payment schedule must—
(a) be in writing; and
(b) identify the payment claim to which it relates; and
(c) indicate a scheduled amount.
(3) If the scheduled amount is less than the claimed amount, the payment schedule must indicate—
(a) the manner in which the payer calculated the scheduled amount; and
(b) the payer's reason or reasons for the difference between the scheduled amount and the claimed amount; and
(c) in a case where the difference is because the payer is withholding payment on any basis, the payer's reason or reasons for withholding payment.