57.2  Relief

To obtain relief, the Contractor must:

(a)  as soon as practicable, and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after it becomes aware that the Relief Event has caused or is likely to cause delay and/or adversely affect the ability of the Contractor to perform its other obligations give to the Authority a notice of its claim for relief from its obligations under this Agreement, including full details of the nature of the Relief Event, the date of occurrence and its likely duration;

(b)  within five (5) Business Days of receipt by the Authority of the notice referred to in clause 57.2.1 (Relief), give full details of the relief claimed; and

(c)  demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Authority that:

(i)  the Contractor and its Sub-Contractors could not have avoided such occurrence or consequences by steps which they might reasonably be expected to have taken, without incurring material expenditure;

(ii)  the Relief Event directly caused:

(A)  the delay in the commencement of the Works on or before the Start on Site Date; and/or

(B)  the delay in the achievement of Services Availability on or before the [relevant] Planned Services Availability Date or (following the [relevant] Planned Services Availability Date but before the Longstop Date) any delay in the achievement of Services Availability; and/or

(C)  [any delay in the completion of the Post Completion Works on or before the relevant Planned Post Completion Works Acceptance Date or (following the relevant Planned Post Completion Works Acceptance Date) any delay in completing the relevant Post Completion Works; and/or]

(D)  the need for relief from obligations;

(iii)  the time lost and/or relief from the obligations under this Agreement claimed could not reasonably be expected to be mitigated or recovered by the Contractor acting in accordance with Good Industry Practice, without incurring material expenditure; and

(iv)  the Contractor is using reasonable endeavours to perform its obligations under this Agreement.