The answer is (1).
The logic is:
- Presumably, it says somewhere in the Client's Scope document that the Contractor is the Principal Contractor and is to provide welfare facilities.
- The PM issues an instruction taking this duty out of the Scope.
- This is a compensation event under clause 60.1(1)
- A change to the Scope is one of the compensation events which can reduce the Prices - see NEC3 ECC clauses 63.2 & 63.10 or NEC 4 ECC clauses 63.3 and 63.4.
However, if the Principal Contractor duties are stated as a Z clause - which is where many lawyers like to put them - then you have no power to do this !
The logic is:
- Presumably, it says somewhere in the Client's Scope document that the Contractor is the Principal Contractor and is to provide welfare facilities.
- The PM issues an instruction taking this duty out of the Scope.
- This is a compensation event under clause 60.1(1)
- A change to the Scope is one of the compensation events which can reduce the Prices - see NEC3 ECC clauses 63.2 & 63.10 or NEC 4 ECC clauses 63.3 and 63.4.
However, if the Principal Contractor duties are stated as a Z clause - which is where many lawyers like to put them - then you have no power to do this !