LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.49B

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.49B

9.49B .         Contract formalities

        (1)         Insofar as the formalities of making, varying or discharging a contract are concerned, a person acting under the authority of a local government may make, vary or discharge a contract in the name of or on behalf of the local government in the same manner as if that contract was made, varied or discharged by a natural person.

        (2)         The making, variation or discharge of a contract in accordance with subsection (1) is effectual in law and binds the local government concerned and other parties to the contract.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not prevent a local government from making, varying or discharging a contract under its common seal.

        [Section 9.49B inserted: No. 17 of 2009 s. 43.]