Common use of Fair Interpretation Clause in Contracts

Fair Interpretation. Publication / Feedback Throughout the plan preparation process, timely feedback will be provided on the outcome of the Council’s consideration of opinions and representations. Direct feedback will take the following forms: - Acknowledgement card/letter or e-mail providing contact details and detailing how the Council will deal with the representation. - Details of any decision/amendment made and supporting reasons. - Details of the next steps in the plan preparation process. - Follow up meetings and consultations where necessary. - When structured discussions take place, a summary of the findings and action points will be provided as soon as reasonably practicable. When consultation exercises have been undertaken, a summary of the responses received and the Council’s consideration of them will be available at Deposit locations (detailed in Appendix 6) at formal consultation stages and available on the Council’s website as a minimum for all other consultation exercises. Petitions received during consultation on the plan will be acknowledged by letter or e-mail to the presenter of the petition. This will set out contact details and set out how the Council will deal with the issues raised in the petition. Monitoring and Evaluation The Council will consider and evaluate its involvement and engagement methodologies and refine these as necessary.