Effective Date Term and Termination 1.2.1 The effective date of this Agreement (the “Effective Date”) shall be as follows: (i) unless this Agreement is a successor agreement to an effective interconnection agreement between the Parties under Sections 251/252 of the Act, then the Effective Date of this Agreement shall be ten (10) calendar days after the Illinois Commerce Commission (“ICC”) approves this Agreement under Section 252(e) of the Act or, absent such ICC approval, the date this Agreement is deemed approved under Section 252(e)(4) of the Act; or (ii) if this Agreement is a successor agreement to an effective interconnection agreement between the Parties under Sections 251/252, then the Effective Date shall be the date upon which the ICC approves the Agreement under the Act, or absent such ICC approval, the date this Agreement is deemed approved under Section 252(e)(4) of the Act.
1.2.2 The term of this Agreement shall expire on February 4, 2007 (the “Term”). Absent the receipt by one Party of written notice from the other Party not earlier than 180 calendar days prior to the expiration of the Term to the effect that such Party does not intend to extend the Term (Notice of Expiration), this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect on and after the expiration of the Term until terminated by either Party.
1.2.2.1 If either Party serves Notice of Expiration pursuant to Section 1.2.2, CLEC shall have twenty (20) calendar days to provide SBC ILLINOIS written confirmation if CLEC wishes to pursue a successor agreement with SBC ILLINOIS or alternatively, if CLEC wishes to allow the current Agreement to expire. If CLEC wishes to pursue a successor agreement with SBC ILLINOIS, CLEC shall attach to its written confirmation or Notice of Expiration, as applicable, a written request to commence negotiations with SBC ILLINOIS under Sections 251/252 of the Act. Upon receipt of CLEC’s Section 252(a)(1) request, the Parties shall commence good faith negotiations on a successor agreement.
1.2.2.1.1 If CLEC does not affirmatively state that it wishes to pursue a successor agreement with SBC ILLINOIS in its, as applicable, Notice of Expiration or the written confirmation required after receipt of SBC ILLINOIS’ Notice of Expiration, then the rates, terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the later of: 1) the expiration of the Term of this Agreement, or 2) the expiration of ninety (90) calendar days after the date CLEC provided or received Notice of Expiration. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, if the Term of this Agreement has expired, on the ninety-first (91st) day following CLEC provided or received Notice of Expiration, the Parties shall have no further obligations under this Agreement except those described in Section 1.44 of this Agreement, including but not limited to the obligations described in Section 1.2.4, below.
1.2.3 The terms and conditions and rates and charges contained herein will continue to apply until the earlier of: (i) termination by either Party under the terms of this Agreement; (ii) the date a successor agreement becomes effective: or (iii) the date that is ten (10) months after the date on which SBC ILLINOIS received CLEC’s Section 252(a)(1) request, unless an arbitration petition has been filed by either Party, in which case (ii) applies.
1.2.4 CLEC may terminate this Agreement in whole or in part at any time for any reason upon sixty (60) days prior notice but its liabilities and obligations shall continue in accordance with Section 1.44 below.
1.2.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, either Party may terminate this Agreement and the provision of any Interconnection, Resale Services, Network Elements, functions, facilities, products or services provided pursuant to this Agreement, at the sole discretion of the terminating Party, in the event that the other Party fails to perform a material obligation or breaches a material term of this Agreement, other than as set forth in Section 10, and the other Party fails to cure such nonperformance or breach within forty-five (45) calendar days after written notice thereof. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 1.2.5 shall take effect immediately upon delivery of written notice to the other Party that it failed to cure such nonperformance or breach within forty-five (45) calendar days after written notice thereof.
1.2.6 As long as a non-paying Party has disputed unpaid amounts in good faith and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, non- payment is not to be deemed, nor should it be construed as, a material breach of this Agreement.
1.2.7 In the event of expiration or termination of this Agreement other than pursuant to Section 1.2.5, SBC ILLINOIS and CLEC shall cooperate in good faith to effect an orderly and timely transition of service under this Agreement to CLEC or to another vendor. So long as CLEC fulfills said obligation to effect an orderly and timely transition of service, SBC ILLINOIS shall not terminate service to CLEC’s end users and such service shall be provided pursuant to the terms of the interconnection agreement during this transition period. SBC ILLINOIS and CLEC shall continue their responsibilities under the terms and conditions of the terminated or expired Agreement for any order submitted to SBC ILLINOIS in connection with this transition of service.
File Management and Record Retention relating to CRF Eligible Persons or Households Grantee must maintain a separate file for every applicant, Eligible Person, or Household, regardless of whether the request was approved or denied.
a. Contents of File: Each file must contain sufficient and legible documentation. Documents must be secured within the file and must be organized systematically.
Transition to Retirement 24.1 An Employee may advise their Employer in writing of their intention to retire within the next five years and participate in a retirement transition arrangement.
24.2 Transition to retirement arrangements may be proposed and, where agreed, implemented as:
(a) a flexible working arrangement (see clause 16 (Flexible Working Arrangements)),
(b) in writing between the parties, or
(c) any combination of the above.
24.3 A transition to retirement arrangement may include but is not limited to:
(a) a reduction in their EFT;
(b) a job share arrangement;
(c) working in a position at a lower classification or rate of pay
24.4 The Employer will consider, and not unreasonably refuse, a request by an Employee who wishes to transition to retirement:
(a) to use accrued Long Service Leave (LSL) or Annual Leave for the purpose of reducing the number of days worked per week while retaining their previous employment status; or
(b) be appointed to a role which that has a lower hourly rate of pay or hours (post transition role), in which case:
(i) the Employer will preserve the accrual of LSL at the time of reduction in salary or hours; and
(ii) where LSL is taken or paid out in lieu on termination, the Employee will be paid LSL hours at the applicable classification and grade, and at the preserved hours, prior to the post transition role until the preserved LSL hours are exhausted.
Employment of Consultants Part A General Consultants’ services shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of the Introduction and Section IV of the "Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers" published by the Bank in January 1997 and revised in September 1997 (the Consultant Guidelines) and the following provisions of Section II of this Schedule. Part B: Quality- and Cost-based Selection Except as otherwise provided in Part C of this Section, consultants’ services shall be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of Section II of the Consultant Guidelines, paragraph 3 of Appendix 1 thereto, Appendix 2 thereto, and the provisions of paragraphs 3.13 through 3.18 thereof applicable to quality- and cost-based selection of consultants. Part C: Other Procedures for the Selection of Consultants
1. Selection Based on Consultants Qualifications Services estimated to cost less than $100,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.1 and 3.7 of the Consultant Guidelines.
Term and Termination 13.1 This agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for a period of one (1) year from the Service Commencement Date, unless otherwise terminated as provided in this agreement. After the initial term of one (1) year (“Initial Term”), this agreement shall automatically renew for yearly periods, unless either party gives notice terminating this agreement, in writing, at least ninety (90) days before the end of the then current term of this agreement.
13.2 Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies to which the parties may be entitled, either party may terminate this agreement without liability to the other if:
(a) the other party fails to pay any undisputed amount due under this agreement on the due date for payment and it remains in default not less than ten (10) business days after being notified in writing to make such payment;
(b) the other party commits a material breach of any of the terms of this agreement provided, if such a breach is remediable, the party in breach fails to remedy that breach within thirty (30) days of that party being notified in writing of the breach; or
(c) the other party becomes insolvent, is the subject of a petition for creditor protection or a petition in bankruptcy or of any other proceedings under bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors (or any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the other party that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in this clause).
13.3 On termination of this agreement for any reason:
(a) all licences granted under this agreement shall immediately terminate;
(b) each party shall return and make no further use of any Confidential Information, equipment, property, materials and other items (and all copies of them) belonging to the other party;
(c) within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of termination, the Supplier shall return to the Customer the then most recent back-up of the Customer Data in the Supplier’s possession, either in its then current format or in an industry standard format nominated by the Customer (in which event the Customer will reimburse the Supplier’s reasonable data conversion expenses), save that the Supplier may keep one copy of any such data or information for a period of up to twelve (12) months to comply with its obligations under clause 13.3(d);
(d) the Customer shall for a period of twelve (12) months following termination of this agreement be entitled to require access to any Customer Data held by the Supplier (in which event the Customer will reimburse the Supplier’s reasonable expenses incurred in providing such access); and
(e) the accrued rights of the parties as at termination, or the continuation after termination of any provision expressly stated to survive or implicitly surviving termination (including, clause 9, clause 10, clause 11 and clause 12), shall not be affected or prejudiced.
Contract Term and Termination 14.1 The Contract becomes effective when the Holder / Authorized user receives the card and the PIN and is valid for a period of 60 months with the possibility of being automatically extended for new successive periods of 60 months. If neither party sends the other party a written notification at least 30 days before the expiry of the initial term or of any of the extended terms, specifying that it does not wish to extend the Contract.
