Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) VET (WA)
Ministerial Corporation (the corporation ) is to have a common seal.
(2) A document is duly
executed by the corporation if —
(a) the
corporation’s common seal is affixed to it in accordance with
subsections (3) and (4); or
(b) it
is signed on behalf of the corporation by the Minister; or
(c) it
is signed on behalf of the corporation by the chief executive, or another
person, authorised under subsection (5).
(3) The
corporation’s common seal is not to be affixed to a document except as
authorised by the corporation.
(4) The
corporation’s common seal is to be affixed to a document in the presence
of the Minister, and the Minister is to sign the document to attest that the
common seal was so affixed.
(5) The corporation,
in writing under its common seal, may authorise the chief executive or other
person to sign documents on its behalf, either generally or subject to
conditions or restrictions specified in the authorisation.
(6) A document
executed by the chief executive or other person under this section without the
common seal of the corporation is not to be regarded as a deed unless it is
executed as a deed as authorised under subsection (5).
(7) A document
purporting to be executed in accordance with this section is to be presumed to
be duly executed until the contrary is shown.
(8) If a document
bears a seal purporting to be the common seal of the corporation, it is to be
presumed that the seal is the common seal of the corporation until the
contrary is shown.
[Section 7 inserted by No. 44 of 2008 s. 8.]