New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Any Fire Authority or any Minister of the Crown or other person having powers, rights, or duties in respect of any property, whether as owner or otherwise, may from time to time enter into, vary, and carry into effect any contracts, agreements, or arrangements for the purpose of fire control, with such provisions as the parties thereto consider necessary or expedient for such purpose.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, any contract, agreement, or arrangement made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall, to the extent that it is in other respects valid and enforceable, be enforceable at law notwithstanding that it is not evidenced by writing, or not under seal.
(3) All contracts, agreements, and arrangements heretofore made that would have been valid if made under this section are hereby validated and confirmed as if they had been made after this section came into force.
Compare: 1955 No 44 s 16