Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM ACT 2006 (NO. 14, 2006) - SECT 47

             (1)  If this Act requires or allows a Joint Authority for a State or the Northern Territory to:

                     (a)  execute or issue an instrument; or

                     (b)  give a notice; or

                     (c)  communicate a matter;

the Designated Authority is to do so on behalf of the Joint Authority in accordance with a decision of the Joint Authority.

             (2)  For the purposes of any proceedings:

                     (a)  an instrument that purports to be executed or issued by the Designated Authority on behalf of the Joint Authority is taken to have been executed or issued in accordance with a decision of the Joint Authority; and

                     (b)  a notice that purports to be given by the Designated Authority on behalf of the Joint Authority is taken to have been given in accordance with a decision of the Joint Authority; and

                     (c)  a communication that purports to be made by the Designated Authority on behalf of the Joint Authority is taken to have been made in accordance with a decision of the Joint Authority;

unless the contrary is proved.