84BManufacture and sale of firefighting vehicles and equipment

84B Manufacture and sale of firefighting vehicles and equipment (1) Without derogating from any other power of the Authority under this Act, the Authority may— (a) design, make, assemble or alter any vehicle, equipment or product used for the prevention or suppression of fire or any other emergency; and (b) enter into any contract or agreement with any person within Australia to design, make, assemble or alter any vehicle, equipment or product referred to in paragraph (a) or a component thereof for or jointly with the Authority; and (c) enter into any contract or agreement with any person within Australia— (i) for the sale or lease of any vehicle, equipment or product referred to in paragraph (a); or (ii) for the commercial exploitation of any industrial or intellectual property rights held by the Authority in any design. (2) The Authority is deemed always to have had the powers referred to in subsection (1)(a)(b) and (c) and anything done by the Authority or any member or officer of the Authority in the purported exercise of those powers is deemed to have been validly done. S. 84B(2A) inserted by No. 50/1989 s. 22. (2A) The powers conferred by subsection (1) cannot be exercised by the Authority to expand the range of classes of equipment or products (other than vehicles) which the Authority was designing, making, assembling or altering as at 15 December 1988 except where the equipment or products is not or are not otherwise commercially available or is or are to be used by the Authority or a brigade or group of brigades. (3) The Authority must obtain the written consent of the Minister before entering into any contract or agreement referred to in subsection (1)(c) except a contract or agreement for the sale or lease of any vehicle, equipment or product to a brigade or group of brigades registered under this Act or to any person acting on behalf of such a brigade or group of brigades. (4) The Minister's consent under subsection (3) may be given in respect of a particular contract or agreement or a class of contracts or agreements. (5) Subsections (3) and (4) apply to contracts and agreements entered into after the commencement of the **Country Fire Authority (Amendment) Act 1988**. No. 5040 s. 61. S. 85 amended by No. 2/1995 s. 13(l).