83.1. Notwithstanding section 82.1, the chairman of the Council or, if the chairman is absent or unable to act and no other person is able to replace him in accordance with section 20, the director general may, in the case of irresistible force which might endanger the life or health of the population or seriously damage or impair the operation of the equipment of the Community, order such expenditure as he considers necessary, and grant the necessary contract to remedy the situation. The chairman or the director general, as the case may be, must then give a substantiated report to the Council at the next meeting.
1983, c. 29, s. 27; 1995, c. 71, s. 8; 1996, c. 52, s. 8.