26. Execution of documents

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(1)

The Board must have a seal that is to be kept and used as authorised by the Board.

(2)

A document is duly executed by the Board if —

(a)

the seal of the Board is affixed to the document in the presence of one of its members who must sign the document to attest that the seal was so affixed, and the document is signed by —

(i)

any 2 members generally or specially authorised by the Board for the purpose; or

(ii)

one member and the Chief Executive; or

(b)

the document is signed on behalf of the Board by a person or persons authorised to do so by the Board and in accordance with the terms of that authorisation.

(3)

Where a document is to be executed under seal, the Board may authorise one or more of its officers to execute, on the Board’s behalf, the document under the Board’s seal in accordance with the terms of that authorisation.

(4)

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

(5)

All courts, judges and persons acting judicially are to take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal appearing on a document.

(6)

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