Key distinguishing features of the LIPD from the SIPD are:
• the infrastructure is typically elongated crossing multiple sites;
• the likelihood of proximate and on site works by the State and its Associates as part of the overall Project;
• the number of interfaces with third parties and government agencies such as utilities and third party operators; and
• the possible application of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009 (Vic).
The LIPD is drafted on the assumption that demand risk for the use of the asset by the public is retained by the State. That is, the State payment for the asset is unrelated to the level of usage if the asset meets the requirements of the Project Deed.