Is this term "representing or appointed" grammatically correct?

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Duties and responsibilites of the Second Party shall be carried out based on the Terms of Reference (TOR), Personel Hand Book, order letter or other formal letters issued by or from the First Party or the party *representing or appointed* by the First Party.

Answer 1

What your'e saying is effectively :-

Representing the First Party, or

Appointed by the First Party.

So, the word 'by' isn't used for both representing and appointed, just when you say 'appointed by'. Its not used when you say 'represented'.

What you're saying is right. It just needs appropriate punction. I'm not sure what's correct. You might use a hyphen to give 'appointed-by', making it clear the 'appointed' and 'by' are one unit, not related to 'representing'.

I don't think enclosing 'or appointed by' in commas like a subordinate clause is correct, since 'or appointed by' is just as important as 'representing'.

Commas would have given the following, which isn't right...

the party representing, or appointed by, the First Party.

You want 'representing' and 'appointed-by' to be equally important.

Answer 2

Not exactly - the sentence is correct, but the phrase is "representing or appointed BY"

In the future, to figure it out, take part of the phrase out and see if it still makes sense. For example: if you take out "or appointed" you end up with "representing by the First Party."

Doesn't sound right does it? :-)

Answer 3

Looks like you and 'answermeplease' are co-writing a document.

In your paragraph above, you have written 'Personel Hand Book'. Wrong spelling. It should be 'personal' or 'personnel' (don't know which one you mean)