11.3  [Decanting Equipment]

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11.3.1  The Contractor shall at its own cost:

(a)  provide the Contractor Equipment;

(b)  install and with effect from the Services Availability Date for each Station repair, maintain and replace the Contractor Equipment;

(c)  relocate any Authority Equipment in the Existing Stations to the Stations in accordance with the Decant Protocol.

11.3.2  The Contractor shall at its own cost provide, repair, maintain and replace all equipment necessary for the provision of the Services.

11.3.3  The parties shall review whether any items of Contractor Equipment can be provided from existing supplies owned by the Authority or the Authority Related Parties, such review to take into account whether such existing supplies can be accommodated within the existing room layouts and are of a quality and condition reasonably satisfactory to the Contractor in terms of lifecycle and maintenance considerations.  The Contractor shall inform the Authority when such a review needs to be conducted and any subsequent Authority Change completed.  Following such a review the Authority may issue an Authority Change Notice and the provisions of the Change Protocol shall apply.  In order for such an Authority Change Notice to be accepted by the Contractor (provided the Contractor has complied with its obligations under this clause 11.3.3 and the Change Protocol) the review and the subsequent Authority Change process must be complete at least five (5) Business Days before orders need to be placed by the Contractor to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.

11.3.4  Following the relevant Services Availability Date, existing furniture fittings and equipment at the relevant Existing Station, other than Excluded Equipment, shall be available to the Contractor without charge.

11.3.5  If the Contractor has failed in its obligations to decant the Authority Equipment as required under this Agreement within three (3) Business Days the Authority may do so and recover the cost of doing so from the Contractor as a debt.94




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94 This clause may need to be amended, subject to local authority requirements.