Common use of Stage Clause in Contracts

Stage. 1 1. Either Party shall outline the dispute in writing and send it to the other Party. 2. The Authorised Officer will within seven [7] days of service of such a written dispute notification arrange a meeting of all Parties to take place at a mutually convenient venue and date (which in any event will not be more than twenty-one [21] days from service of such a written dispute notification). 3. The meeting will be chaired by the Authorised Officer (or such other person as is agreed between the Parties) and attended by any other relevant persons as either Party deem appropriate. 4. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss and record the dispute and to try to reach an agreed resolution/action plan. 5. If an action plan is agreed to resolve the dispute the Authorised Officer will be responsible for sending minutes of the meeting to the Consultant within seven [7] days of the meeting and monitoring the implementation of the action plan.