Common use of Planned Works Clause in Contracts

Planned Works. 4.6.1 Thames shall give XYZ 5 Business Days’ notice of planned work or planned Necessary Works to the Thames Distribution Network or a Meter that may (in Thames’s opinion as a Reasonable and Prudent Operator) materially affect the Bulk Supply. 4.6.2 For the avoidance of doubt, any interruption to the Bulk Supply expected to be longer than 4 hours is deemed to materially affect the Bulk Supply within the meaning of Clause 4.6.1. 4.6.3 Subject to its compliance with the remainder of this Clause 4.6, Thames shall have no obligation or liability in respect of or arising in consequence of a reasonable need, acting as a Reasonable and Prudent Operator, to shut down or curtail, for whatever reasonable period, the provision of the Bulk Supply during any maintenance, repair, improvement, replacement or renewal of any plant or other equipment (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, all pipes, tanks, meters, treatment works, fittings, conduits and apparatus, including a Meter or a Non Return Valve) on which the Bulk Supply is dependent provided always that Thames shall use reasonable endeavours to minimise the frequency and length of such periods so as to minimise inconvenience caused to XYZ. 4.6.4 Except in event of Emergency, Thames shall give XYZ at least 5 Business Days’ notice of any planned work or planned Necessary Works that do not fall within Clause 4.6.1 but that may impact on the Bulk Supply.