2.8.  Costs Awarded in Proceedings

If the Authority has indemnified the Contractor for its costs in respect of any Proceedings pursuant to paragraph 2.7 (Excess Costs above the Appeal Contingency) any costs awarded to the Contractor in those Proceedings shall be paid to the Authority in full up to the amount it has paid equal to the Appeal Contingency and where those costs exceed an amount equal to the Appeal Contingency the Authority shall indemnify the Contractor for nine-tenths of the expenses they have incurred in respect of the Proceeding in excess of the Appeal Contingency.  All payments to the Authority shall be by way of a lump sum payment within twenty (20) Business Days of the Contractor receiving such costs to which they relate.