60.6  Step-In in the event of no Breach

If the Service Provider is not in breach of its obligations under this Contract, then for so long as, and to the extent that, the Required Action is taken and this prevents the Service Provider from providing any part of the Service:

(a)  the Service Provider shall be relieved from its obligations to provide such part of the Service; and

(b)  in respect of the period in which the Authority is taking Required Action, and provided that the Service Provider provides the Authority with reasonable assistance (such assistance to be at the expense of the Authority to the extent incremental costs are incurred), the Unitary Charge due from the Authority to the Service Provider shall equal the amount the Service Provider would receive if it were satisfying all its obligations and providing the Service affected by the Required Action in full over that period [(with the exception of Adjustments under PS1 of Part 2 of the Payment Mechanism which shall continue to be made at the level they were being made immediately prior to the Authority taking the Required Action)].73

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73  To be made compatible with the Payment Mechanism.