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| ==={{{{{1}}}|Failure to pay}} procedure===
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| Terminating the {{isdama}} on this ground requires:
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| *'''Failure''': A {{{{{1}}}|Failure to Pay or Deliver}}, on day '''T'''. This is an {{{{{1}}}|Event of Default}} under Section {{{{{1}}}|5(a)(i)}}. You must have:
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| ::(i) a Failure by the Defaulting Party to make a payment or delivery when due
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| ::(ii) That the {{{{{1}}}|Defaulting Party}} has not remedied that failure within the applicable [[grace period]] set out in Section {{{{{1}}}|5(a)(i)}}. Under a {{2002ma}} the standard is ''one'' {{isdaprov|Local Business Day}}. Under the {{1992ma}} the standard is ''three'' {{isda92prov|Local Business Day}}s. ''But check the {{{{{1}}}|Schedule}}'' because in either case this is the sort of thing that counterparties adjust: {{2002ma}}s are often adjusted to conform to the {{1992ma}} standard of three {{{{{1}}}|LBD}}s, for example.
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| *'''Notice of failure''': The {{{{{1}}}|Non-defaulting Party}} must give notice of the {{{{{1}}}|Failure to Pay or Deliver}} (which since it is not due until the close of business on a given day, [[Q.E.D.]], can be validly given ''only after'' [[close of business]] on the due date for payment or delivery and, by dint of Section {{{{{1}}}|12(a)}} ({{{{{1}}}|Notices}}), the notice will only be deemed effective on the following Local Business Day: ie '''T+1'''. <ref>'''Spod’s note''': This notice requirement is key from a {{{{{1}}}|Cross Default}} perspective (if you have been indelicate enough to widen the scope of your [[cross default]] to include [[derivatives]], that is): if you don’t have it, ''any'' failure to pay under your {{isdama}}, however innocuous — even an operational oversight — automatically counts as an {{{{{1}}}|Event of Default}}, and gives a different person to the right to close ''their'' {{isdama}} with your {{{{{1}}}|Defaulting Party}} because of it defaulted to ''you'', even though (a) the {{{{{1}}}|Defaulting Party}} hasn’t defaulted to ''them'', and (b) you have decided not to take any action against the {{{{{1}}}|Defaulting Party}} yourself.</ref>
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| *'''[[Grace Period]]''': After the notice of failure is delivered, the grace period must have expired (this depends on the ISDA edition you’re using: '''one''' under the {{2002isda}}; and '''three''' under the {{1992isda}}, and check also Part 5 of the ISDA {{{{{1}}}|Schedule}} to see if it has been amended specifically for the counterparty. <br>
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| Therefore close of business T+2 (standard {{2002ma}}), T+4 (standard {{1992ma}})
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| *'''Section {{{{{1}}}|6(e)}} notice''': TheSection {{{{{1}}}|6(e)}} notice terminating the Transactions may only be served after close of business at the expiry of the [[grace period]], so therefore the first day on which a termination notice following a failure to pay {{{{{1}}}|Event of Default}} can be effective under an {{isdama}} is T+3 ({{2002isda}}) or T+5 {{1992isda}}.
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