PHYSIOTHERAPISTS ACT 2005 - SECT 21

This legislation has been repealed.

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS ACT 2005 - SECT 21

21 .         Execution of documents by Board

        (1)         The Board is to have a common seal.

        (2)         A document is duly executed by the Board, if —

            (a)         the common seal of the Board is affixed to it in accordance with subsections (3) and (4); or

            (b)         it is signed on behalf of the Board by a person or persons authorised by the Board to do so under subsection (5).

        (3)         The common seal of the Board is not to be affixed to any document except as authorised by the Board.

        (4)         The common seal of the Board is to be affixed to a document in the presence of 2 members of the Board and each of them is to sign the document to attest that the common seal was so affixed.

        (5)         The Board may, by writing under its seal, authorise —

            (a)         a member or members of the Board; or

            (b)         a member or members of staff,

                to sign documents on behalf of the Board, either generally or subject to such conditions as are specified in the authorisation.

        (6)         A document executed under this section without the common seal of the Board is not to be regarded as being a document under seal.

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