7Powers of Council

7 Powers of Council

7 Powers of Council

(1) The Council may do all or any of the following things that is to say—

(a) prepare, publish and sell or arrange for the preparation, publication and sale of—

(i) reports of such judicial decisions of any Court or such decisions of any tribunal constituted by or under any Act or of decisions in proceedings whether on appeal therefrom or otherwise as it may consider to be of interest to persons engaged in the administration or practice of law in New South Wales,

(ii) any summary extract or digest of any such reports,

(iii) any other legal works relating to such reports, and

(b) all other acts or things incidental to or necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing powers.

(2) Where the business of any person, firm or corporation is the carrying on of or includes the carrying on of all or any of the activities or matters referred to in subsection (1), the Council may, if it thinks fit, on such terms as may be agreed upon between that person, firm or corporation and the Council, purchase the business relating to, or so much of the business as relates to, all or any of such activities or matters.

The Council may, as it thinks fit, discontinue any business so purchased, or continue it wholly or in part.