New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 328

328 Contracts

1 Notwithstanding anything in the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959 , the Local Government Act 2002 , or any other enactment, the chairperson, deputy chairperson, chief executive, treasurer, engineer, or any other employee of a regional council specified in the regional marine oil spill contingency plan, or any regional on-scene commander, may from time to time, when a marine oil spill response is determined to be needed, enter into any contract on behalf of the regional council for any of the purposes of this Part.

2 Any person who exercises the power conferred by this section shall report the full circumstances of its exercise to the regional council at its next ordinary meeting, or where that is not practicable, at its next succeeding ordinary meeting.

Note: 1983 No 46 s 68(1), (3)

History: Section 328(1): amended, on 1 July 2003, by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).