Common use of Excepted Risks Clause in Contracts

Excepted Risks. The “excepted risks” are: (1) insofar as they occur in Singapore and directly affect the execution of the Works: (a) war and hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion, act of foreign enemies; (b) rebellion, revolution, insurrection or military or usurped power or civil war; (c) riot, commotion or disorder, unless solely restricted to employees of the Contractor or of his sub-contractors and arising from the conduct of the Works; (d) ionising radiations, or contamination by radio activity from any nuclear fuel, or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel, radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of any explosive, nuclear assembly or nuclear component; (e) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds; (2) the use or occupation of the Employer of any part of the Works, except as may be expressly provided in this Contract; (3) the design of the Works, other than any part of the design provided by the Contractor or for which the Contractor is responsible under this Contract.