Ambulance Service Act 1982
5Appointment and incorporation of Commissioner of Ambulance Services
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5 Appointment and incorporation of Commissioner of Ambulance Services
(1) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Jul 2014] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Jul 2014] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] *[Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*The Minister administering the State Service Act 2000 may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be Commissioner of Ambulance Services who is, by this subsection, incorporated as a corporation sole with the corporate name "Commissioner of Ambulance Services".
(2) [Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Jul 2014] [Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] *[Section 5 Subsection (2) inserted by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*The person holding office as Commissioner of Ambulance Services shall hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.
(3) [Section 5 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 22 of 1987, s. 5 ]. . . . . . . .
(4) [Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Jul 2014] The Commissioner–
(a) has perpetual succession;
(b) shall have a common seal;
(c) may sue and be sued in his corporate name; and
(d) may do, and be subject to, all other things that corporations may by law do and be subject to and that are necessary for or incidental to the purpose for which he is incorporated.
(5) [Section 5 Subsection (5) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Jul 2014] All courts, judges, and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the common seal of the Commissioner affixed to a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.