12.1.  Contract Manager

12.1.1.  The Authority shall appoint a number of representatives including a Contract Manager to act in the name of the Authority for the purposes of this Agreement as detailed in Schedule 21 (Key Personnel).

12.1.2.  The areas of responsibility for each representative, his authority to act on behalf of the Authority and any limitations on his authority shall be as described in Schedule 21 (Key Personnel) or otherwise notified in writing by the Authority to the Service Provider during the Contract Period.

12.1.3.  The Authority shall give notice in writing to the Service Provider of the establishment of further postholders as representatives of the Authority (in addition to those specified in Schedule 21) or if any of the postholders specified in Schedule 21 cease to be representatives.  Until such notice is given, the Service Provider shall be entitled to treat as representatives only those postholders specified in Schedule 21 or last notified to the Service Provider as being representatives.

12.1.4.  The Authority shall throughout the Contract Period ensure that the Contract Manager (or duly authorised deputy) is available for consultation with the Service Provider at all reasonable times.

12.1.5.  The Contract Manager shall be deemed to be empowered on behalf of the Authority for all purposes connected with the Services and in particular (but without limitation) any notice, information, instruction or other communication given or made by or to the Contract Manager shall be deemed to have been given or made by or to the Authority.