Notices Any notices given under this Agreement must be in writing and must be served by hand, post, or e-mail to the address for the relevant Commissioner set out in Schedule 3. Notices: by post will be effective upon the earlier of actual receipt, or 5 Operational Days after mailing; by hand will be effective upon delivery; by e-mail will be effective when sent in legible form subject to no automated response being received. Dispute resolution Where any dispute arises within the Collaborative Forum in connection with this Agreement, all Commissioners must use their best endeavours to resolve that dispute on an informal basis within the Collaborative Forum. Where any dispute is not resolved under clause 14.1 on an informal basis, any Commissioner may convene an exceptional meeting of the Collaborative Forum to attempt to resolve the dispute. If any dispute is not resolved under clause 14.2, it will be referred by the Secretary to the chief executives of the Commissioners, who will co-operate in good faith to resolve the dispute within 10 Operational Days of the referral. any dispute is not resolved under clauses 14.1, 14.2 or 14.3, any Commissioner may refer the matter for mediation arranged by an independent third party to be appointed by the relevant Co-ordinating Commissioner, and any agreement reached through mediation must be set out in writing and signed by the Commissioners. Conflicts of interest Each Commissioner representative of the Collaborative Forum must abide by all policies of its appointing Commissioner in relation to conflicts of interest. Where any Commissioner representative of the Collaborative Forum has an actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to any matter under consideration by the Collaborative Forum, that representative must not participate in meetings (or parts of meetings) in which the relevant matter is discussed or participate in the decision of the Collaborative Forum to make a recommendation in relation to the relevant matter, but the relevant Commissioner may send an alternative representative to take the place of the conflicted representative in relation to that matter. Joining or leaving the Collaborative Joining
Table of additional agreed Roles and Responsibilities in relation to the Commissioning Contract The Commissioners have agreed that the following additional roles, in relation to each relevant Commissioning Contract, will be undertaken by individual Commissioners, as set out in this table: Table 1 Commissioner (Insert name of the CCG against each of the identified roles) Identified role (Co-ordinating Commissioner or Commissioner) Additional responsibilities Contract: [identify relevant Commissioning Contract] Contract: [insert additional and responsibilities for each other relevant Commissioning Contract] Commissioning support agreements The roles and responsibilities agreed to be performed by any commissioning support organisation in respect of any Commissioning Contract are set out in the table below: Commissioning support organisation (Insert name of each organisation engaged, against each of the identified roles) Relevant Commissioner (Identify the Commissioner(s) responsible for engaging each organisation) Commissioning support organisation Roles and Responsibilities Contract: [identify relevant Commissioning Contract] Contract: [insert additional roles and responsibilities for each other relevant Commissioning Contract]