Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of these regulations, there shall be a board of management which shall be known as the Army and Air Force Canteen Service Board of Management.
Note The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to the Board. That Act deals with matters relating to Commonwealth authorities, including reporting and accountability, banking and investment, and conduct of officers.
(2) Subject to these regulations, the Board has and may exercise the rights, powers, authorities and functions conferred upon it by these regulations and is charged with and shall perform the duties and obligations imposed upon it by these regulations.
(3) The Board:
(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and
(b) is capable, in its corporate name and in Australia or elsewhere, of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of suing and being sued.
(4) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Board affixed to any document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.
(5) The exercise of the rights, powers, authorities or functions, or the performance of the duties or obligations, of the Board is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a member of the Board.