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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Powers applying during states of emergency - Powers exercised by Emergency Management Committees

126: Power to enter contracts on behalf of Emergency Management Committee

You could also call this:

"Who can sign contracts for the Emergency Management Committee"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

You can enter into a contract on behalf of an Emergency Management Committee if you are the chairperson, deputy chairperson, or an authorised employee. You can also enter into a contract if you are an authorised Controller. This is for any purpose of the proposed Emergency Management Bill. You must report back to the Committee if you enter into a contract. You do this at the next ordinary meeting or the following one if that is not possible. This rule applies even if other laws, like the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959, say something different. The proposed law says who can enter into contracts and what they must do. It is part of the Emergency Management Bill and may become law. You can compare this to other laws, such as the 2002 No 33 s 94, to see the changes.

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125: Emergency powers of Emergency Management Committees, or

"What Emergency Management Committees can do in an emergency"

127: Emergency powers of authorised Controllers, or

"What special powers do Controllers have in an emergency?"

Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Powers applying during states of emergency: Powers exercised by Emergency Management Committees

126Power to enter contracts on behalf of Emergency Management Committee

The following persons may enter into a contract on behalf of an Emergency Management Committee for any of the purposes of this Act:
the chairperson of the Committee:
the deputy chairperson of the Committee:
an employee of the Committee, or an employee of a member of the Committee, who is authorised, in the Committee’s regional emergency management plan, to enter into contracts for a specified purpose of this Act:
an authorised Controller.

A person who exercises the power conferred under this section must report the full circumstances of its exercise to the Emergency Management Committee—
at its next ordinary meeting; or
if that is not practicable, at the following ordinary meeting.

This section applies despite anything in the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959.

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2002 No 33 s 94