13.1  Directions

(a)  The Project Owner may direct the Participants in writing to:

(1)  change the Works;

(2)  increase, decrease or omit any part of the Works;

(3)  change the character or quality of any material or work that will form part of the Works;

(4)  change the levels, lines, positions or dimensions of any part of the Works;

(5)  execute additional work, such additional work to be within the general scope of this Agreement;

(6)  demolish or remove material or work forming part of the Works no longer required by the Project Owner; or

(7)  change, alter or amend the Scope of Works, and the Participants must, subject to obtaining any necessary Authorisation or amendment to an existing Authorisation and, in the case of a Scope Variation, the Project Owner's endorsement of the Scope Variation, within a reasonable time, implement that direction.

(b)  No direction by the Project Owner will invalidate this Agreement and, unless the direction is a Scope Variation, will not result in a change to the TOC, the KRAs or the Date for Practical Completion.

(c)  The Participants acknowledge and agree that an amount for directions by the Project Owner of the kind contemplated by this clause 13.1, other than directions determined to be Scope Variations, is included in the Risk & Contingency Provisions component of the TOC.