35.2 [Board to set out appropriate invoicing and payment arrangements.]114115
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114 Payment is expected to be monthly in arrears. Payments in advance are not acceptable.
115 This means that payments should be made either in the month immediately following the month to which they relate (so an invoice for February would become payable at the start of March), or no earlier than the middle of the month to which they relate (so an invoice for February could at the earliest be payable in w/c 14th February). The date when an invoice is actually paid will follow the contract's payment terms which would normally be at least 14 days, such that payment is actually made at or about the end of the month. Boards should ensure that, where deductions are not made to the invoice for that month, they preserve the right to make deductions, particularly at the end of the contract term. In accordance with SOPC4 payments should under no circumstances be made any more in advance of service provision than this.