12.2.  Partnership Manager

12.2.1.  The Service Provider shall ensure that at all times from the Agreement Date and throughout the Contract Period a senior person with suitable, sufficient and relevant experience and qualifications is appointed as the Partnership Manager and is available to be contacted by the Contract Manager at all times during usual office hours in each Business Day.  An out of Office Hours telephone number shall be made available which provides access to the Contract Manager or a person acting in his place at all times.  

12.2.2.  The Service Provider shall appoint as the first Partnership Manager the person named in Schedule 21 (Key Personnel).  The Service Provider shall within ten (10) Business Days of the Agreement Date give written notice to an Authorised Officer of the identity of any person it proposes to authorise to act for any period as a deputy for the Partnership Manager together with details of their qualifications and experience.  The Service Provider shall forthwith give written notice to the Contract Manager of any subsequent proposed appointments or authorisations with similar details.  The Service Provider shall consult with the Authority prior to appointing any person as Partnership Manager or as deputy for the Partnership Manager.

12.2.3.  The Partnership Manager or duly authorised deputy shall be the authorised representatives of the Service Provider and as such are empowered on behalf of the Service Provider for all purposes connected with this Agreement.  Any notice, information, instruction or other communication given or made to the Partnership Manager or deputy shall be deemed to have been given or made by or to the Service Provider.