A Modification is broadly defined to include:
• during the Development Phase, any change to the Works, the Design Requirements or the way the Development Activities are carried out from that set out in the relevant Project Plan;
• during the Operational Phase, a change to the Maintained Assets; or
• after Contract Close, a change to the Operational Phase Requirements or the Services.
Certain specific events contemplated in the Project Deed can also be Modifications.
Modifications exclude:
• where any change is required to ensure that the Project Assets, the Development Activities or the Services are otherwise in accordance with the requirements of the Project Deed;
• Minor Works (for which there is a simplified regime to facilitate low cost changes); and
An Augmentation is a change to the Project Assets, the Design Requirements, the Operational Phase Requirements or the Project Activities with a total cost likely to exceed $80 million (CPI Indexed) which the State determines should be delivered according to the Augmentation Process. See section 3.6.
While typically an Augmentation will be a significant change to, or augmentation of, the Project which the State considers may be too complex for delivery under the Modification framework of the Project Deed, the State always retains the option to deliver the change as a Modification.