70.8  Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement

The Service Provider shall procure that:

(a)  prior to commencement of a replacement sub-contract the replacement sub-contractor enters into and delivers to the Authority a duly executed replacement Authority Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement; and

(b)  any replacement Authority Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement shall impose no greater obligations upon the replacement sub-contractor than are imposed on that such replacement sub-contractor under the replacement sub-contract,

nothing shall reduce the Authority's absolute discretion as to whether or not to enter into any replacement Authority Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement.  Provided that any replacement Authority Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement proposed after the Contract Date is in substantially the same form as the Authority Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement, or in such form as is reasonable and appropriate having regard to the nature of the services which are to be provided under the relevant sub-contract, the Authority shall act reasonably in determining whether or not to enter into any such replacement Authority Sub-Contractor Direct Agreement.