120.0.4. Notwithstanding section 120.0.1, the chairman of the executive committee or, if the chairman is absent or unable to act and neither of the vice-chairmen is able to replace him in accordance with section 36, the director general may, in a case of irresistible force which might endanger the life or health of the population or seriously damage or seriously interfere with the operation of the equipment of the Community, order such expenditure as he considers necessary and award any contract necessary to remedy the situation.
If the expenditure referred to in the first paragraph concerns a department that is not under the authority of the director general, the power granted by that paragraph to the director general is to be exercised by the head of the department.
In such case, the chairman, the director general or, if applicable, the head of the department shall table a report giving the reasons for the expenditure or contract at the next meeting of the executive committee.
1993, c. 68, s. 21; 1996, c. 52, s. 25.