New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHIPPING NORTON LAKE AUTHORITY ACT 1977 - SECT 7

7 Constitution of Authority

(1) The Minister is, for the purposes of this Act, hereby constituted a corporation sole with the corporate name “Chipping Norton Lake Authority”.

(2) The corporation:

(a) has perpetual succession,

(b) shall have an official seal,

(c) may take proceedings, and be proceeded against, in its corporate name,

(d) may, subject to this Act, purchase, exchange, take on lease, hold, dispose of by way of lease or sale, and otherwise deal with, property,

(e) may do and suffer all other things that corporations may, by law, do and suffer and that are necessary for or incidental to the purposes for which it is constituted, and

(f) is, for the purposes of any Act, a statutory body representing the Crown.

(3) The seal of the Authority shall not be affixed to any instrument or writing unless the fact and the date of the seal being so affixed are attested by the signature of the Minister.

(4) All courts and persons acting judicially:

(a) shall take judicial notice of the official seal of the Authority that has been affixed to an instrument or writing, and

(b) shall, until the contrary is proved, presume that the seal was properly affixed.