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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management

94: Contracts in urgent cases

You could also call this:

"Making urgent deals during an emergency"

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During a state of emergency, you can enter into contracts on behalf of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for certain purposes. This is allowed even if it goes against the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959. The people who can do this are the chairperson, deputy chairperson, authorised employees, and the Group Controller.

If you are one of these people and you enter into a contract, you must tell the Civil Defence Emergency Management Group about it. You do this by reporting the full circumstances of what happened at the Group's next ordinary meeting, or at the meeting after that if it's not possible to report sooner.

You have to follow the rules of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act when doing this, and make sure you are acting for the right purposes.

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Part 5Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management

94Contracts in urgent cases

  1. 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:

  2. the chairperson of the Group:
    1. the deputy chairperson of the Group:
      1. any employee of the Group who is authorised for the purpose in the Group's civil defence emergency management plan:
        1. the Group Controller.

          1. 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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