New Zealand Acts

LOCAL LEGISLATION ACT 1948 - SECT 9

9 Validating an ex gratia payment made by Dunedin City Council in respect of certain contracts

Whereas the Dunedin City Council (in this section referred to as the
"Council" ) during the financial year ended on 31 March 1947 paid to Wilkins and Davies Construction Company, Limited, a company engaged in the work of raising the Mahinerangi Dam and the erection of a road bridge at Waipori known as the Edgar E Stark Bridge, sums amounting in all to 3,114 pounds 18 shillings and 1 penny in excess of the amounts which were properly payable under the contracts for the said works:   And whereas the said excess payments covered only increased costs incurred by the said company in respect of annual holiday pay, wages, cartage, and materials, and were made in good faith for the sake of ensuring the completion of the said works and upon the certificate of the Corporation's Consulting Engineer and in the belief that the items covered by such payments were in fact extras within the meaning of the said contracts:     And whereas it is desirable to validate the expenditure of the said moneys:     Be it therefore enacted as follows:  

The payment made by the Council to Wilkins and Davies Construction Company, Limited, of moneys amounting in all to the sum of 3,114 pounds 18 shillings and 1 penny in excess of the amounts properly payable under the said contracts is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.