The classification of a customer as a contestable customer –

(a) does not affect the terms and conditions, or the operation, of any negotiated contract for the provision of customer retail services between the customer and Aurora Energy that was in force immediately before the customer became a contestable customer; and

(b) is not in itself a ground for –

(i) the termination of any existing contract; or

(ii) the payment of, or the refusal to pay, a penalty or amount required under any existing contract; and

(c) does not in itself constitute a breach of an existing contract.