Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Project Development and Construction Management Act 1994 - SECT 41A

PART 5A THE SECRETARY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Secretary is a body corporate

41A. The Secretary is a body corporate



(1) The person who is for the time being the Department Head (within the
meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004) of the Department of
Innovation, Industry and Regional Development and the successors in office of
that person are a body corporate under the name "Secretary to the Department
of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development " which, by that name-

   (a)  has perpetual succession;

   (b)  has an official seal;

   (c)  may sue and be sued;

   (d)  may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;

   (e)  may do and suffer all things that a body corporate may, by law, do and
        suffer.

(2) The official seal of the Secretary to the Department of Innovation,
Industry and Regional Development must be kept as directed by the Secretary
and must not be used except as authorised by the Secretary.

(3) All courts must take judicial notice of the official seal of the Secretary
to the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development on a
document and, until the contrary is proved, must presume that the seal was
properly affixed.