Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 1990 - SECT 5

             (1)  An Authority called the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is established.

             (2)  The Authority:

                     (a)  is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

                     (b)  has a seal; and

                     (c)  may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

Note:          The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to the Authority. That Act deals with matters relating to Commonwealth authorities, including reporting and accountability, banking and investment, and conduct of officers.

             (3)  All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of the Authority appearing on a document and must presume that the document was duly sealed.