1. Subject to [this section, i.e. Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting > Miscellaneous and General > Variation of services], the Council may vary a service or any part of a service.
2. Subject to [3. below], the Council shall not vary a service to any material extent without giving prior notice of the proposed variation to the affected participants. The Council shall consider the representations (if any) of the affected participants on any such variation before reaching any decision on the variation.
3. If in the opinion of the Council any material variation is required to be made as a matter of urgency in order to enhance a service or any part of a service or to preserve the integrity of the services or any part of a service or to preserve the interests of participants or any of them the Council may make that variation without first having taken the steps referred to in [2. above].
4. In any case falling within [3. above] the Council shall
(a) as soon as practicable thereafter inform the affected participants in writing of the variation; and
(b) permit the affected participants to make representations to the Council on the action taken by the Council within such period as the Council may prescribe
and where such representations are received by the Council, it shall reconsider the action taken under [3. above]