Western Australian Current Acts

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 24

24 .         Execution of documents

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

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

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

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

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

        (4)         The common seal of the Commission is to be affixed to a document in the presence of the chairperson and another member, or the chairperson and an officer of the Commission authorised by the Commission either generally or in any particular case to be so present, and each of them is to sign the document to attest that the common seal was so affixed.

        (5)         The Commission may, by writing under its common seal, authorise a member or members or an officer or officers of the Commission to sign documents on behalf of the Commission, either generally or subject to such conditions or restrictions as are 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 shown.

        (7)         A document executed by a person under this section without the common seal of the 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)         When a document is produced bearing a seal purporting to be the common seal of the Commission, it is to be presumed that the seal is the common seal of the Commission until the contrary is shown.