Common use of Department Approvals Clause in Contracts

Department Approvals. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in any case in which the Department’s response to a request for its approval is required by the terms hereof within a specified time period (or such extended period of time as shall have been mutually agreed by the Department and the Concessionaire, and provided that any such time period shall be extended for the duration of the results of a Force Majeure Event that prevents such performance), the failure by the Department to respond to a written request for such approval within such specified time period (as may be so extended) shall be deemed to be the Department’s approval of such request. (b) In all cases where approvals, consents or determinations are required to be provided hereunder, such approvals or consents shall not be withheld unreasonably and such determinations shall be made reasonably except in cases where a different standard (such as, by way of example only, sole discretion) is specified. In cases where sole discretion is specified for an approval, consent, determination or other decision, the decision shall not be subject to dispute resolution hereunder.