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3. THE ENGINEER 3.1 Engineers Duties and The Employer shall appoint the Engineer who shall carry out the duties assigned to Authority him in the Contract. The Engineers staff shall include suitably qualified engineers and other professionals who are competent to carry out these duties. The Engineer shall have no authority to amend the Contract. The Engineer may exercise the authority attributable to the Engineer as specified in or necessarily to be implied from the Contract. If the Engineer is required to obtain the approval of the Employer before exercising a specified authority, the requirements shall be as stated in the Particular Conditions. The Employer undertakes not to impose further constraints on the Engineers authority, except as agreed with the Contractor. However, whenever the Engineer exercises a specified authority for which the Employers approval is required, then (for the purposes of the Contract) the Employer shall be deemed to have given approval. Except as otherwise stated in these Conditions: whenever carrying out duties or exercising authority, specified in or implied by the Contract, the Engineer shall be deemed to act for the Employer; the Engineer has no authority to relieve either Party of any duties, obligations or responsibilities under the Contract; and any approval, check, certificate, consent, examination, inspection, instruction, notice, proposal, request, test, or similar act by the Engineer (including absence of disapproval) shall not relieve the Contractor from any responsibility he has under the Contract, including responsibility for errors, omissions, discrepancies and non-compliances. 3.2 Delegation by the Engineer The Engineer may from time to time assign duties and delegate authority to assistants, and may also revoke such assignment or delegation. These assistants may include a resident engineer, and/or independent inspectors appointed to inspect and/or test items of Plant and/or Materials. The assign