South Australian Consolidated Acts

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ACT 1990 - SECT 13A

13A—Common seal

        (1)         The following provisions apply in relation to the common seal of the University:

            (a)         the seal will be in a form approved by the Council; and

            (b)         the seal must be kept in the custody of the secretary to the Council; and

            (c)         the seal can only be affixed to a document pursuant to a resolution of the Council to that effect; and

            (d)         the affixture of the seal to a document must be witnessed by the signature—

                  (i)         in the case of an academic award—of the Chancellor or the Vice Chancellor; and

                  (ii)         in any other case—of both the Chancellor or his or her nominee and the Vice Chancellor or his or her nominee; and

            (e)         where an apparently genuine document purports to bear the common seal of the University and appears to be duly witnessed, it will be presumed in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal was duly affixed to the document.