New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FORESTRY ACT 1916 - SECT 7

7 Incorporation

(1) For the purposes of this Act the person for the time being holding the office of commissioner is constituted a corporation sole under the name of the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, with perpetual succession and a seal of office, and may in that name sue and be sued and proceed and be proceeded against in all courts.

(1A) The commission:

(a) subject to subsection (3), may, for the purposes of this Act, take, purchase, exchange, take on lease, hold, sell, let on lease, mortgage or otherwise acquire, dispose of or deal with real or personal property, and

(b) may do and suffer all other things that bodies corporate generally may, by law, do and suffer and that are necessary for or incidental to those purposes.

(2) Where any property or interest therein or charge thereon is vested in or acquired by the commission the same shall, unless otherwise disposed of by the commission in accordance with this Act, pass and devolve to and vest in the successors of the commission.

(3) It shall not be lawful for the commission to exchange, sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any real property vested in it, unless in accordance with the express provisions of this Act, or when no express provision is made, unless with the approval of the Governor.

(4) In the exercise of its functions under this or any other Act, the commission may use the name “Forests NSW”.