47.8  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 sub-contractor direct agreement;

(b)  any replacement 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; and

(c)  the parties acknowledge that 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 date of this Contract 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.