Liability for Change in Law. (a) To the extent that a Change in Law directly or indirectly:
(i) affects the direct or indirect costs of or to Service Provider in respect of the goods, services or other things supplied or provided under or in connection with this Agreement, including direct and indirect costs in respect of production, creation, performance, acquisition, supply, sale or disposal of such goods, services or other things; or
(ii) leads to a change in the benefits gained by Service Provider from the activities described in clause 18.8(a)(i) (except by operation of this clause 18.8), and the increase or decrease in those costs or that change in benefit is not to be reimbursed (or is not taken into account) under any other provision of this Agreement, the charges payable pursuant to clause 18.1 will be adjusted by Service Provider to reflect the impact on Service Provider of the increase or decrease in costs or the change in benefit, as the case may be, attributable to the Change in Law.
(b) Any variation to the charges payable pursuant to clause 18.1 as a result of the operation of clause 18.8(a) will be effective as from the date of the relevant Change in Law.
(c) Service Provider will give Notice to User of any variation to the charges payable pursuant to clause 18.1 as a result of the operation of this clause 18.8 as soon as practicable after any variation takes effect under clause 18.8(b).
(d) If a Change in Law imposes an obligation or requirement on Service Provider that is inconsistent with this Agreement, Service Provider is relieved of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent of that inconsistency and User must co-operate with Service Provider in such manner as is determined by Service Provider (acting reasonably) to be necessary or desirable for compliance with that Change in Law, including making such amendments to this Agreement as may be reasonably required for compliance with that Change in Law.
