2, IF A PARTY IS OR WILL BE PREVENTED FROM PERFORMING ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT BY FORCE MAJEURE THEN IT MUST GIVE NOTICE TO THE OTHER PARTY OF THE EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE AND SPECIFY THE OBLIGATIONS WHOSE PERFORMANCE IS PREVENTED

By clause 19.2, if a party is or will be prevented from performing any of its

obligations under the contract by force majeure then it must give notice to the

other party of the event or circumstance and specify the obligations whose

performance is prevented. The notice must be given within 14 days of the

party ’ s becoming aware, or of the date when he should have become aware,

of the relevant event or circumstance.

The effect of giving the requisite notice is that the affected party is excused

from performance of the relevant obligations for as long as the force majeure

prevents it from performing them. An important proviso to this is that force

majeure does not apply to a party ’ s obligations under the contract to pay the

other party.