2.2  Contact with the State and Government Stakeholders

(a)  The Proponent acknowledges and agrees that it must not make contact with:

(i)  any Government Agency or officer or member thereof;

(ii)  the State or any of its Associates; or

(iii)  Members of Parliament or their staff,

(each a Government Stakeholder) to discuss any aspect of the Augmentation Proposal or the Augmentation except with the prior written consent of the State's Representative, which may be given or withheld at the State's Representative's discretion and on such terms and conditions as the State's Representative determines.

(b)  Without limiting the State Representative's discretion under clause 2.2(a), the Parties acknowledge and agree that the State's Representative may impose the following conditions on its consent under clause 2.2(a):

(i)  the State may require the Proponent to give the State prior notice of the topic of the proposed meeting with a Government Stakeholder, including to enable the appropriate key personnel to be present;

(ii)  the State may determine the location of any meeting; and

(iii)  the State or its nominated representative may elect to be present at any meeting that relates to any Statement of Proposed Augmentation, the Augmentation Proposal  or the Augmentation between the Proponent (or any of its Associates) and a Government Stakeholder.

(c)  The meeting procedures set out in clause 2.4 apply to any meeting between the Proponent (or any of its Associates) and a Government Stakeholder as if the meeting was between the State and the Proponent, and the State's Representative may attend any such meeting.