24.  Contractor Default (Clause 44)

The Board may become entitled to terminate the Contract if the Contractor:

24.1  abandons the Works or fails to complete them before the long-stop date;

24.2  is convicted for a breach of Health and Safety law;

24.3  ceases to provide the services and effectively abandons the Contract;

24.4  breaches its obligations so that the provision of clinical services is materially and adversely affected;

24.5  accumulates a certain level of Warning Notices or Service Failure Points due to poor performance of the services;

24.6  fails to pay a sum which is due to the Board within a specified period of time;

24.7  transfers ("assigns") the Contract without the permission of the Board;

24.8  refinances the Contract without the Board's approval (see paragraph 34);

24.9  changes ownership so that it is controlled by a company of a type which the Board has stated is unacceptable (say - a tobacco or armaments manufacturer); or

24.10  ceases to carry on business, or is unable to pay its debts.

Where rectification is possible (for example, where the Contractor has failed to pay a sum to the Board) the Contract has provision for rectification of the default prior to the Board being entitled to exercise its rights to terminate.