38.4  Payment

Subject to clause 38.5:

(a)  the Authority shall pay the amount stated in any invoice submitted under clause 38.3 with twenty (20) Business Days of its submission; or

(b)  where it is agreed a net amount is owed by the Service Provider to the Authority, the Service Provider shall pay such amount to the Authority within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of an invoice issued by the Authority or, at the option of the Authority, carry forward that amount to the next Contract Month in reduction of monies which would otherwise have been owed by the Authority to the Service Provider.