8.5  Monthly Service Report

(a)  Without prejudice to any other provision in this Contract the Service Provider shall, at its own cost within five (5) Business Days after the first day of each Month, deliver to the Authority a Monthly Service Report. The Monthly Service Report shall report on the performance and delivery of the Service over the previous Month and shall form the basis of the Draft Monthly Payment Report required by clause 26.5 (Draft Monthly Payment Report of this Contract).

(b)  The Monthly Service Report shall, as a minimum, include the information set out in Appendix Q (Service Report Content) of this Output Specification. The Authority and Service Provider shall have a Monitoring Meeting no earlier than five (5) Business Days and no later than eight (8) Business Days after submission of the Monthly Service Report (or as the parties otherwise agree) to review and agree upon the contents of the Monthly Service Report.