Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A document or proceeding requiring authentication by an incorporated association may be authenticated by the signature of the public officer or the secretary (if any) of the association and need not be authenticated under the common seal of the association.
(2) An incorporated association may, by writing under its common seal, empower a person, either generally or in relation to a stated matter or matters, as its agent or attorney to execute deeds on its behalf, and a deed signed by the agent or attorney under his or her seal on behalf of the association binds the association and has the same effect as if it were under the association's common seal.
(3) The authority of an agent or attorney empowered to act on behalf of an incorporated association under subsection (2), as between the association and a person dealing with the agent or attorney, continues during the period (if any) stated in the instrument conferring the authority or, if no period is stated, until notice of the revocation or termination of the agent's or attorney's authority has been given to that person.
(4) Nothing in this section is taken—
(a) to affect the operation of any law in force in the ACT that requires some consent or sanction to be obtained, or some procedure to be complied with, in relation to the entering into, variation or discharge of a contract; or
(b) to prevent an incorporated association from entering into, varying or discharging a contract under its common seal.