2.15  State's rights, duties and functions

(a)  (State's own interests): Unless otherwise expressly stated in the State Project Documents, nothing in the State Project Documents gives rise to any duty on the part of the State to consider interests other than its own interests when exercising any of its rights or carrying out any of its obligations under the State Project Documents.

(b)  (State's rights): Notwithstanding anything expressly stated or implied in the State Project Documents to the contrary:

(i)  the State is not obliged to exercise any executive or statutory right, duty or function, or to influence, over-ride, interfere with or direct any other Government Party in the proper exercise and performance of any of its executive or statutory rights, duties or functions; and

(ii)  nothing expressly stated or implied in the State Project Documents has the effect of constraining the State or placing any fetter on the State's discretion to exercise or not to exercise any of its executive or statutory rights, duties or functions.

(c)  (No Claim): Subject to clause 5.6(c), Project Co will not be entitled to make any Claim against the State in connection with any exercise or failure of the State to exercise any of its legal, executive or statutory rights, duties or functions.