Div 1Establishment of Board

Division 1—Establishment of Board 10—Establishment of Board (1) The Dog and Cat Management Board is established. (2) The Board is a body corporate. (3) The Board is an instrumentality of the Crown and holds its property on behalf of the Crown. (4) If a document appears to bear the common seal of the Board, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Board was duly affixed to the document. 11—Ministerial control (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board is subject to the control and direction of the Minister. (2) No Ministerial direction can be given to suppress information or recommendations from a report by the Board under this Act. (3) A direction given by the Minister under this section must be in writing and may only be given after consultation with the LGA. (4) If the Minister gives a direction under this section, the Board must cause a statement of the fact that the direction was given to be published in its next annual report.