Part 5Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management
94Contracts in urgent cases
Despite anything in the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959, the following persons may, during a state of emergency, enter into any contract on behalf of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for any of the purposes of this Act:
- the chairperson of the Group:
- the deputy chairperson of the Group:
- any employee of the Group who is authorised for the purpose in the Group's civil defence emergency management plan:
- the Group Controller.
A person who exercises the power conferred on him or her by this section must report the full circumstances of its exercise to the Civil Defence Emergency Management Group at its next ordinary meeting or, if that is not practicable, at its next succeeding ordinary meeting.
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- s 68