Common use of Costs of communication Clause in Contracts

Costs of communication. If the Distributor is required to notify Consumers of Planned Service Interruptions in accordance with schedule 5 but asks the Retailer to do so, the Distributor will pay the Retailer’s reasonable out of pocket costs of notifying the Consumers. If the Retailer is required to notify Consumers of Planned Service Interruptions in accordance with Schedule 5, the Retailer will meet the costs of notification, except: where re-notification of the Planned Service Interruption to Consumers is required solely due to the act or omission of the Distributor or its contractors. In such circumstances, the Distributor will pay the Retailer’s direct out of pocket costs associated with renotifying the Consumers of the Planned Service Interruption. For clarity, Planned Service Interruptions rescheduled: at the request of a consumer subject to a Distributor's Agreement, the Retailer on behalf of a Consumer(s), or another retailer on behalf of a consumer(s); or due to adverse weather conditions, major Network outages or access issues, are Planned Service Interruptions which are considered not to be caused by the act or omission of the Distributor or its contractors (without limiting the meaning of this phrase); or