Liaison Committee

1.1 The Authority and the Service Provider shall establish and maintain throughout the Contract Period a joint liaison committee (the Liaison Committee), consisting of three (3) representatives of the Authority (one of whom shall be appointed Chairman) and three (3) representatives of the Service Provider which shall have the functions described below.

1.2  The functions of the Liaison Committee shall be:

(a)  to provide a means for the joint review of issues relating to all day to day aspects of the performance of this Agreement;

(b)  to provide a forum for joint strategic discussion, considering actual and anticipated changes in the market and business of the Authority, and possible changes of this Agreement to reflect those changes or for the more efficient performance of this Agreement; and

(c)  in certain circumstances, pursuant the Dispute Resolution Procedure, to provide a means of resolving disputes or disagreements between the parties amicably.

1.3  The role of the Liaison Committee is to make recommendations to the parties, which they may accept or reject at their complete discretion. Neither the Liaison Committee itself, nor its members acting in that capacity, shall have any authority to vary any of the provisions of this Agreement or to make any decision which is binding on the parties (save as expressly provided in the Dispute Resolution Procedure). Neither party shall rely on any act or omission of the Liaison Committee, or any member of the Liaison Committee acting in that capacity, so as to give rise to any waiver or personal bar in respect of any right, benefit or obligation of either party.

1.4  The parties shall appoint and remove their representatives on the Liaison Committee by written notice delivered to the other at any time. A representative on the Liaison Committee may appoint and remove an alternate (who may be another representative of that party) in the same manner. If a representative is unavailable (and the other party's representatives may rely on the alternate's statement that the representative is unavailable) his alternate shall have the same rights and powers as the representative.