(a) Completion is not achieved (and payment of the service fee does not commence) until all identified defects have been rectified. The only exceptions are minor omissions or defects which:
(i) individually, or in aggregate, do not prevent the facility from being used for tis intended purposes; and
(ii) although they cannot be immediately rectified, can be rectified within an agreed period following commencement of operations without having an adverse effect on the ability of government to provide the core services or of the private party to provide its Contracted Services.
(b) Any deferred minor defects are to be rectified as directed by government in accordance with a rectification plan (which will include appropriate timeframes for completion of the rectification works, determined on a project-specific basis) to be agreed by the parties and the completion certifier as a condition of Completion. Failure to perform the rectification works in accordance with the agreed rectification plan will have financial consequences (e.g. a reduction in the service fee until the rectification works are completed, or retention of the construction bond beyond the expiry of the defects liability period until the rectification works are complete).