The National Station Access Conditions

 

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PART C:   CHANGES TO COMMON STATION AMENITIES AND COMMON STATION SERVICES

 

 

Rule, Clause or Condition

Determination

Date of Hearing

Points made within Determination  (Verbatim extracts given in Italics, or between quotes)

C4  Acceptance of a Proposal for Change

AD21

October 2000

The provisions of this part set out clear procedures and duties on both parties wishing to promote change, and those wishing to oppose such proposals; the arrangements include the means of entering dispute resolution.  If either party fails to protect its interests by invoking the provisions of this clause, then there will be deemed to be tacit acceptance of the other party’s case.   Contractually this is an end of a road.

The Committee  was firm in its view that, if an issue of change had been properly processed by one party, and the other party had not, at the due time, exercised any contractual rights to protect its interests, that other party could not, by withholding due payments, obtain a “second bite” chance to get its arguments heard” {AD21 paragraph 12}.