diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/pom.xml b/partition-acceptance-test/pom.xml
index 53e4307afe0250a3831421faa52f35f58b14466c..d40d532781f46e22dad37abeeabc3e8b6eab1726 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/pom.xml
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/pom.xml
@@ -14,57 +14,63 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-	<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu.partition</groupId>
-	<artifactId>partition-acceptance-test</artifactId>
-	<version>0.28.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu.partition</groupId>
+    <artifactId>partition-acceptance-test</artifactId>
+    <version>0.28.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>17</java.version>
-		<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-		<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-	</properties>
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
-			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-			<version>1.18.24</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
-			<version>1.19.4</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.13.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-			<version>2.10.1</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-			<version>5.2.7.RELEASE</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
-			<artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-			<version>5.2.1</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
-			<artifactId>oauth2-oidc-sdk</artifactId>
-			<version>9.15</version>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <version>1.18.24</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+            <version>1.19.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+            <version>5.2.7.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
+            <artifactId>oauth2-oidc-sdk</artifactId>
+            <version>9.15</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.15.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/CreatePartitionTest.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/CreatePartitionTest.java
index 3bf113825964dee7dbad419881892c1869a87481..b43ed23eae16132d5d9eea6ad8721d5de048c68e 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/CreatePartitionTest.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/CreatePartitionTest.java
@@ -16,18 +16,15 @@ package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
 
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.CreatePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.DeletePartitionDescriptor;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.util.AuthorizationTestUtil;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.BaseTestTemplate;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestTokenUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS;
 
 public final class CreatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ public final class CreatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         this.testUtils = new TestTokenUtils();
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = new AuthorizationTestUtil(this.descriptor, this.testUtils);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -45,7 +41,6 @@ public final class CreatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
         deleteResource();
         this.testUtils = null;
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = null;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -80,7 +75,6 @@ public final class CreatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
         CloseableHttpResponse response2 = this.descriptor.run(this.getId(), testUtils.getAccessToken());
         assertEquals(this.error(""), HttpStatus.CONFLICT.value(), response2.getCode());
-        deleteResource();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -89,25 +83,4 @@ public final class CreatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
         CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.runWithCustomPayload(getId(), invalidPayload, testUtils.getAccessToken());
         assertEquals(400, response.getCode());
     }
-
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_noAccessToken(getId());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission(getId());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken(getId());
-    }
 }
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/DeletePartitionTest.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/DeletePartitionTest.java
index 3ed57040380195e8d8b90542303938dca49f428f..cc2c728924e67230353fd63410bb38a81b2b27df 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/DeletePartitionTest.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/DeletePartitionTest.java
@@ -14,25 +14,30 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
-import org.junit.*;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.CreatePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.DeletePartitionDescriptor;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.util.AuthorizationTestUtil;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.GetPartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.BaseTestTemplate;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.RestDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestTokenUtils;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
-import static org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public final class DeletePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
     private String partitionId;
 
     private static String integrationTestPrefix = getIntegrationTestPrefix();
+    private GetPartitionDescriptor getDescriptor = new GetPartitionDescriptor();
 
     public DeletePartitionTest() {
         super(createDeleteDescriptor(integrationTestPrefix + System.currentTimeMillis()));
@@ -43,7 +48,6 @@ public final class DeletePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     @Override
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         this.testUtils = new TestTokenUtils();
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = new AuthorizationTestUtil(descriptor, testUtils);
     }
 
     @After
@@ -51,7 +55,6 @@ public final class DeletePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
         deleteResource();
         this.testUtils = null;
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = null;
     }
 
     private static DeletePartitionDescriptor createDeleteDescriptor(String id) {
@@ -95,25 +98,23 @@ public final class DeletePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
         Assert.assertEquals(this.error(""), HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), response1.getCode());
     }
 
-    @Override
     @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_noAccessToken(getId());
-    }
+    public void create_and_delete_partition() throws Exception {
+        //create Resource
+        createResource();
 
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission(getId());
-    }
+        //get partition
+        CloseableHttpResponse getPartitionResponse = getDescriptor.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        Map<String, JsonNode> partitionProperties = TestUtils.parseResponse(getPartitionResponse);
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), getPartitionResponse.getCode());
+        Assert.assertNotNull(partitionProperties);
 
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken(getId());
+        //delete partition
+        deleteResource();
+
+        //get deleted Partition
+        CloseableHttpResponse postDeleteResponse = getDescriptor.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), postDeleteResponse.getCode());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/GetPartitionByIdApiTest.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/GetPartitionByIdApiTest.java
index 141d874258b9c81ccb71c139d7df8e5940f8a332..c66aac452c912efe77a1a427a74258d57fce22ea 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/GetPartitionByIdApiTest.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/GetPartitionByIdApiTest.java
@@ -14,22 +14,24 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.CreatePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.DeletePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.GetPartitionDescriptor;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.util.AuthorizationTestUtil;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.BaseTestTemplate;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestTokenUtils;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 public final class GetPartitionByIdApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
@@ -37,9 +39,8 @@ public final class GetPartitionByIdApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
     @Override
     @Before
-    public void setup() throws Exception {
+    public void setup() {
         this.testUtils = new TestTokenUtils();
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = new AuthorizationTestUtil(this.descriptor, this.testUtils);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ public final class GetPartitionByIdApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
         deleteResource();
         this.testUtils = null;
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = null;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class GetPartitionByIdApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     protected void deleteResource() throws Exception {
         DeletePartitionDescriptor deletePartitionDes = new DeletePartitionDescriptor();
         deletePartitionDes.setPartitionId(partitionId);
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = deletePartitionDes.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        deletePartitionDes.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -81,25 +81,15 @@ public final class GetPartitionByIdApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
         return HttpStatus.OK.value();
     }
 
-    @Override
     @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_noAccessToken(getId());
-    }
+    public void create_and_read_partition() throws Exception {
+        createResource();
 
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission(getId());
-    }
+        //get partition
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = this.descriptor.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        Map<String, JsonNode> partitionProperties = TestUtils.parseResponse(response);
 
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken(getId());
+        assertNotNull(partitionProperties);
+        assertEquals(partitionProperties.size(), CreatePartitionDescriptor.getDefaultProperties().size()); // While creating partition, properties are added in CreatePartitionDescriptor#getValidBody
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/ListPartitionsApiTest.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/ListPartitionsApiTest.java
index 6c5a58f4695fa1cc58ae8b9340cac580a1599465..f94e8c97130cd911e5b8dd3fde86b9decb2693f3 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/ListPartitionsApiTest.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/ListPartitionsApiTest.java
@@ -17,19 +17,21 @@ package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.CreatePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.DeletePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.ListPartitionDescriptor;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.util.AuthorizationTestUtil;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.BaseTestTemplate;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestTokenUtils;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public final class ListPartitionsApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
@@ -39,7 +41,6 @@ public final class ListPartitionsApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         this.testUtils = new TestTokenUtils();
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = new AuthorizationTestUtil(this.descriptor, this.testUtils);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ public final class ListPartitionsApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
         deleteResource();
         this.testUtils = null;
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = null;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -57,21 +57,29 @@ public final class ListPartitionsApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
     @Override
     protected void deleteResource() throws Exception {
-        DeletePartitionDescriptor deletePartitionDes = new DeletePartitionDescriptor();
-        deletePartitionDes.setPartitionId(partitionId);
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = deletePartitionDes.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        deleteResource(partitionId);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void createResource() throws Exception {
+        createResource(partitionId);
+    }
+
+    private void createResource(String partitionId) throws Exception {
         CreatePartitionDescriptor createPartitionDescriptor = new CreatePartitionDescriptor();
         createPartitionDescriptor.setPartitionId(partitionId);
 
-        CloseableHttpResponse createResponse = createPartitionDescriptor.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        CloseableHttpResponse createResponse = createPartitionDescriptor.run(partitionId, this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
         assertEquals(this.error(EntityUtils.toString(createResponse.getEntity())), HttpStatus.CREATED.value(),
                 createResponse.getCode());
     }
 
+    private void deleteResource(String partitionId) throws Exception {
+        DeletePartitionDescriptor deletePartitionDes = new DeletePartitionDescriptor();
+        deletePartitionDes.setPartitionId(partitionId);
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = deletePartitionDes.run(partitionId, this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+    }
+
     public ListPartitionsApiTest() {
         super(new ListPartitionDescriptor());
     }
@@ -81,24 +89,22 @@ public final class ListPartitionsApiTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
         return HttpStatus.OK.value();
     }
 
-    @Override
     @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_noAccessToken(getId());
-    }
+    public void create_multiple_partitions_and_retrieve_them() throws Exception {
+        String partitionId1 = partitionId + "_1";
+        String partitionId2 = partitionId + "_2";
 
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission(getId());
-    }
+        createResource(partitionId1);
+        createResource(partitionId2);
 
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken(getId());
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = this.descriptor.run(null, this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        List<String> partitionIds = TestUtils.parseResponse(response);
+
+        deleteResource(partitionId1);
+        deleteResource(partitionId2);
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(partitionIds);
+        assertTrue(partitionIds.contains(partitionId1));
+        assertTrue(partitionIds.contains(partitionId2));
     }
 }
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/UpdatePartitionTest.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/UpdatePartitionTest.java
index 578728a417fab1d8af5445154529429a98c3e7b7..d3e3144d9fcd6092d078e64a3e78dfe6e61caafe 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/UpdatePartitionTest.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/UpdatePartitionTest.java
@@ -2,32 +2,27 @@ package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
 
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
-import org.junit.*;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.CreatePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.DeletePartitionDescriptor;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor.UpdatePartitionDescriptor;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.util.AuthorizationTestUtil;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.BaseTestTemplate;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.TestTokenUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
-import java.lang.constant.Constable;
-
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS;
 
 public final class UpdatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
 
     String partitionId = getIntegrationTestPrefix() + System.currentTimeMillis();
-    private String nonExistentPartitionId = "nonexistent-partition"+System.currentTimeMillis();
+    private String nonExistentPartitionId = "nonexistent-partition" + System.currentTimeMillis();
 
     @Override
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         this.testUtils = new TestTokenUtils();
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = new AuthorizationTestUtil(this.descriptor, this.testUtils);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -35,7 +30,6 @@ public final class UpdatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
         deleteResource();
         this.testUtils = null;
-        this.authorizationTestUtil = null;
     }
 
     public UpdatePartitionTest() {
@@ -80,7 +74,6 @@ public final class UpdatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
         createResource();
         CloseableHttpResponse response = this.descriptor.runWithCustomPayload(this.getId(), getInvalidBodyForUpdatePartition(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
         assertEquals(this.error(""), HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST.value(), response.getCode());
-        deleteResource();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -88,19 +81,7 @@ public final class UpdatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
     public void should_return20XResponseCode_when_makingValidHttpsRequest() throws Exception {
         createResource();
         CloseableHttpResponse response = this.descriptor.runWithCustomPayload(this.getId(), getValidBodyForUpdatePartition(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());
-        deleteResource();
         assertEquals(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT.value(), response.getCode());
-        assertEquals("GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, PATCH", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods").getValue());
-        assertEquals("access-control-allow-origin, origin, content-type, accept, authorization, data-partition-id, correlation-id, appkey", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers").getValue());
-        assertEquals("*", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin").getValue());
-        assertEquals("true", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials").getValue());
-        assertEquals("default-src 'self'", response.getHeader("Content-Security-Policy").getValue());
-        assertEquals("max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains", response.getHeader("Strict-Transport-Security").getValue());
-        assertEquals("0", response.getHeader("Expires").getValue());
-        assertEquals("DENY", response.getHeader("X-Frame-Options").getValue());
-        assertEquals("private, max-age=300", response.getHeader("Cache-Control").getValue());
-        assertEquals("1; mode=block", response.getHeader("X-XSS-Protection").getValue());
-        assertEquals("nosniff", response.getHeader("X-Content-Type-Options").getValue());
     }
 
     private String getInvalidBodyForUpdatePartition() {
@@ -127,25 +108,4 @@ public final class UpdatePartitionTest extends BaseTestTemplate {
                 .append("}");
         return sb.toString();
     }
-
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_noAccessToken(getId());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission(getId());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken() throws Exception {
-        Assume.assumeTrue(EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
-        authorizationTestUtil.should_return401or403_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken(getId());
-    }
 }
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/descriptor/CreatePartitionDescriptor.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/descriptor/CreatePartitionDescriptor.java
index fee0ffb55efd13fff7b7ee4fb0c12507f20f9804..f4d7a97e9baf7f135e6aa18d02fe19413b675544 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/descriptor/CreatePartitionDescriptor.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/descriptor/CreatePartitionDescriptor.java
@@ -14,12 +14,19 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.descriptor;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util.RestDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class CreatePartitionDescriptor extends RestDescriptor {
 
     private String partitionId;
+    private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
     @Override
     public String getPath() {
@@ -34,13 +41,12 @@ public class CreatePartitionDescriptor extends RestDescriptor {
     @Override
     public String getValidBody() {
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-        sb.append("{\n");
-        sb.append("  \"properties\": {")
-                .append("\"elasticPassword\": {\"sensitive\":true,\"value\":\"test-password\"},")
-                .append("\"serviceBusConnection\": {\"sensitive\":true,\"value\":\"test-service-bus-connection\"},")
-                .append("\"complianceRuleSet\": {\"value\":\"shared\"}")
-                .append("}\n")
-                .append("}");
+        try {
+            sb = new StringBuffer();
+            sb.append("{\"properties\":" + objectMapper.writeValueAsString(getDefaultProperties()))
+                    .append("}");
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+        }
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
@@ -51,4 +57,13 @@ public class CreatePartitionDescriptor extends RestDescriptor {
     public void setPartitionId(String partitionId) {
         this.partitionId = partitionId;
     }
+
+    public static Map<String, JsonNode> getDefaultProperties() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        Map<String, JsonNode> propertyMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        propertyMap.put("elasticPassword", objectMapper.readTree("{\"sensitive\":true,\"value\":\"test-password\"}"));
+        propertyMap.put("serviceBusConnection", objectMapper.readTree("{\"sensitive\":true,\"value\":\"test-service-bus-connection\"}"));
+        propertyMap.put("complianceRuleSet", objectMapper.readTree("{\"value\":\"shared\"}"));
+        return propertyMap;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/BaseTestTemplate.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/BaseTestTemplate.java
index 7941a2d40f4def9ff4d6b9cbd696681e3ac94d8d..1aaeb3f74e081e828b0634832a718475d9a879d2 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/BaseTestTemplate.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/BaseTestTemplate.java
@@ -16,18 +16,16 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util;
 
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api.util.AuthorizationTestUtil;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 public abstract class BaseTestTemplate extends TestBase {
 
     protected RestDescriptor descriptor;
-    protected AuthorizationTestUtil authorizationTestUtil;
 
     public BaseTestTemplate(RestDescriptor descriptor) {
         this.descriptor = descriptor;
@@ -46,20 +44,14 @@ public abstract class BaseTestTemplate extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.runOnCustomerTenant(getId(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
-        assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 401, response.getCode());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.run(getId(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
-        assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 401, response.getCode());
+    public void should_return20XResponseCode_when_makingValidHttpsRequest() throws Exception {
+        should_return20X_when_usingCredentialsWithPermission(testUtils.getAccessToken());
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void should_return20XResponseCode_when_makingValidHttpsRequest() throws Exception {
-        should_return20X_when_usingCredentialsWithPermission(testUtils.getAccessToken());
+    public void should_return400_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutValidUrl() throws Exception {
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.runWithInvalidPath(getId(), testUtils.getAccessToken());
+        assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 400, response.getCode());
     }
 
     public void should_return20X_when_usingCredentialsWithPermission(String token) throws Exception {
@@ -67,17 +59,6 @@ public abstract class BaseTestTemplate extends TestBase {
         CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.run(getId(), token);
         deleteResource();
         assertEquals(error(response.getCode() == 204 ? "" : EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), expectedOkResponseCode(), response.getCode());
-        assertEquals("GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, PATCH", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods").getValue());
-        assertEquals("access-control-allow-origin, origin, content-type, accept, authorization, data-partition-id, correlation-id, appkey", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers").getValue());
-        assertEquals("*", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin").getValue());
-        assertEquals("true", response.getHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials").getValue());
-        assertEquals("default-src 'self'", response.getHeader("Content-Security-Policy").getValue());
-        assertEquals("max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains", response.getHeader("Strict-Transport-Security").getValue());
-        assertEquals("0", response.getHeader("Expires").getValue());
-        assertEquals("DENY", response.getHeader("X-Frame-Options").getValue());
-        assertEquals("private, max-age=300", response.getHeader("Cache-Control").getValue());
-        assertEquals("1; mode=block", response.getHeader("X-XSS-Protection").getValue());
-        assertEquals("nosniff", response.getHeader("X-Content-Type-Options").getValue());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -90,13 +71,22 @@ public abstract class BaseTestTemplate extends TestBase {
 
     @Test
     public void should_return401_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
         CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.run(getId(), "");
         assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 401, response.getCode());
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void should_return400_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutValidUrl() throws Exception {
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.runWithInvalidPath(getId(), testUtils.getAccessToken());
-        assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 400, response.getCode());
+    public void should_return401_when_noAccessToken() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.runOnCustomerTenant(getId(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
+        assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 401, response.getCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_return401_when_accessingWithCredentialsWithoutPermission() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(Constants.EXECUTE_AUTHORIZATION_DEPENDENT_TESTS);
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = descriptor.run(getId(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
+        assertEquals(error(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())), 401, response.getCode());
     }
 }
diff --git a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/TestUtils.java b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/TestUtils.java
index 3bad6430ec7cb2df76b7ceeb3a8714aaae0fa760..f5762d2b346e1bbd425ee3a2d652d8fd7679aca5 100644
--- a/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/TestUtils.java
+++ b/partition-acceptance-test/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/util/TestUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.util;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.config.ConnectionConfig;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
@@ -23,9 +25,10 @@ import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.BasicHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpRequest;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ContentType;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ParseException;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.support.ClassicRequestBuilder;
 
-import java.io.Console;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -120,4 +123,17 @@ public abstract class TestUtils {
 		return cm;
 	}
 
+    public static <T> T parseResponse(CloseableHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
+        String jsonString;
+        try {
+            jsonString = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        return objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, new TypeReference<>() {
+        });
+    }
+
 }