48.  SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

48.1  The Contractor shall comply, and shall procure the compliance of the Contractor Personnel, with the Security Policy and the Security Management Plan and the Contractor shall ensure that the Security Management Plan produced by the Contractor fully complies with the Security Policy.

48.2  The Authority shall notify the Contractor of any changes or proposed changes to the Security Policy.

48.3  If the Contractor believes that a change or proposed change to the Security Policy will have a material and unavoidable cost implication to the Services it may submit a [Change Request].  In doing so, the Contractor must support its request by providing evidence of the cause of any increased costs and the steps that it has taken to mitigate those costs.  Any change to the Charges shall then be agreed in accordance with the Change Control Procedure.

48.4  Until and/or unless a change to the Charges is agreed by the Authority pursuant to Clause 48.3 the Contractor shall continue to perform the Services in accordance with its existing obligations.