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DAMAGES FOR NON-
COMPLETION

Liquidated Damages and Certificate of Non-Completion if the
Contractor fails to complete the Works by the Completion
Date, and the Architect is of the opinion that the same ought
reasonably so to have been completed, the Architect shall
issue a Certificate of Non-Completion. Upon the issuance of
the Certificate of Non-Completion, the Contractor shall pay
or allow to the Employer a sum calculated at the rate stated
in the Appendix as Liquidated Damages for the period from
the Completion Date to the date of the Practical Completion.

The Agreed Liquidated Damages amount a genuine pre-
estimate of the loss and/or damage to be suffered by the
Employer if the Contractor contravenes Clauses 21.0 and
22.0. The parties agree that by signing the Contract, the
Contractor shall pay to the Employer the said amount, if the
same becomes payable without the need for the Employer to
prove its loss and/or damage unless otherwise proved by the
Contractor

Certificate of Non-Completion revoked by subsequent
Certificate of Extension of Time Architects issue Extended
Time Certificates under Clauses 23.4, 23.9 and 23.10 which
have the effect of setting a Completion Date later than the
date stated in the previously issued Certificate of
Incomplete, the certificate shall have the effect of revoking
the previously issued Certificate of Incomplete. shall review
the amount of Liquid Indemnity which he is entitled to
retain. If the amount of Diluted Compensation retained
exceeds the amount eligible to be retained by the Employer

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