Common use of Authority and Decision Making Clause in Contracts

Authority and Decision Making. 3.1 The Alliance Board will have delegated authority arising from its members to approve or reject items presented for consideration within the authority delegated to the members from their employing Party. In order to be binding on the Parties, the decisions of the Alliance Provider Board will need to be made by consensus, i.e. all four parties to the alliance must agree. 3.2 It will be for each of the Parties to identify their executive level representative and delegate authority to make decisions on behalf of that Party to that representative, within the scope of their role and as defined by that Party and as restricted by its scheme of delegation and schedule of reserved matters. 3.3 The members of the Alliance Provider Board will be responsible for reporting decisions made by the Board and any obstacles to decision making to their appointing Party through established assurance processes. Each Party will put in place arrangements for the feedback loop into their assurance processes and notify the other Parties the basis on which its member reports back to it. 3.4 The Alliance Provider Board will operate within each parties procurement and contracting procedure rules.