PARKS VICTORIA ACT 2018 (NO. 19 OF 2018) - SECT 5 Establishment of Parks Victoria

PARKS VICTORIA ACT 2018 (NO. 19 OF 2018) - SECT 5

    (1)     There is established a body called Parks Victoria.

    (2)     Parks Victoria—

        (a)     is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

        (b)     has a common seal; and

        (c)     may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and

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

        (e)     may—

              (i)     acquire, hold and dispose of real property for the purposes of the administration of Parks Victoria; and

              (ii)     take land on lease and grant subleases of leased land for any purpose; and

        (f)     may accept grants or donations of money or other personal property (whether by deed, will or otherwise) for a purpose related to the functions of Parks Victoria; and

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

    (3)     The common seal of Parks Victoria must be kept as directed by Parks Victoria.

    (4)     All courts must take judicial notice of the imprint of the common seal on a document and, until the contrary is proved, must presume that the document was properly sealed.

    (5)     Section 9 of the Financial Management Act 1994 does not apply to any grant or donation accepted by Parks Victoria under subsection (2)(f).