Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The
Conservation Commission is to have a common seal.
(2) A document is duly
executed by the Conservation Commission if —
(a) the
common seal of the Conservation Commission is affixed to it in accordance with
subsections (3) and (4); or
(b) it
is signed on behalf of the Conservation Commission by one or more persons
authorised to do so under subsection (5).
(3) The common seal of
the Conservation Commission is not to be affixed to any document except as
authorised by the Conservation Commission.
(4) The common seal of
the Conservation Commission is to be affixed to a document in the presence of
2 of its members, and each of them is to sign the document to attest that
the common seal was so affixed.
(5) The
Conservation Commission may, by writing under its seal, authorise one or more
of its members to sign documents on its behalf, either generally or subject to
any conditions or restrictions specified in the authorisation.
(6) A document
purporting to be executed in accordance with this section is to be presumed to
be duly executed until the contrary is proved.
(7) A document
executed by a person under this section without the common seal of the
Conservation Commission is not to be regarded as a deed unless the person
executes it as a deed and is authorised under subsection (5) to do so.
(8) Where a document
is produced bearing a seal purporting to be the common seal of the
Conservation Commission, it is to be presumed that the seal is the common seal
of the Conservation Commission until the contrary is proved.
[Section 26AB inserted by No. 35 of 2000
s. 10.]