ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY ACT 1987 - SECT 47

ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY ACT 1987 - SECT 47

47 .         Execution of documents by Authority

        (1)         A document is duly executed by the Authority, if —

            (a)         the common seal of the Authority is affixed to it in accordance with subsections (2) and (3); or

            (b)         it is signed on behalf of the Authority by the member or members or officer or officers of the Authority authorised by the Authority to do so.

        (2)         The common seal of the Authority shall not be affixed to any document except by resolution of the Authority.

        (3)         The common seal of the Authority shall be affixed to a document in the presence of the chairman or deputy chairman and the chief executive officer and each of them shall sign the document to attest that the common seal was so affixed.

        (4)         A document purporting to be executed in accordance with this section shall be presumed to be duly executed until the contrary is shown.

        (5)         When a document is produced bearing a seal purporting to be the common seal of the Authority, it shall be presumed that that seal is the common seal of the Authority until the contrary is shown.

        (6)         All courts and persons acting judicially shall take notice of the common seal of the Authority.