Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997
sec.42Legal Aid is a body corporate etc.
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sec.42 Legal Aid is a body corporate etc.
Legal Aid— is a body corporate; and has a seal; and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. Legal Aid does not represent the State. Legal Aid is— a unit of public administration under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ; and a statutory body within the meaning of— the Financial Accountability Act 2009 ; and the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 . Judicial notice must be taken of the imprint of Legal Aid’s seal appearing on a document and the document must be presumed to have been properly sealed unless the contrary is proved. s 42 amd 1999 No. 16 s 2 sch ; 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3 ; 2001 No. 69 s 378 sch 1 ; 2009 No. 9 s 136 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 21 s 94 (2) sch 2 (sec.42-ssec.1) Legal Aid— is a body corporate; and has a seal; and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. (sec.42-ssec.2) Legal Aid does not represent the State. (sec.42-ssec.3) Legal Aid is— a unit of public administration under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ; and a statutory body within the meaning of— the Financial Accountability Act 2009 ; and the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 . (sec.42-ssec.4) Judicial notice must be taken of the imprint of Legal Aid’s seal appearing on a document and the document must be presumed to have been properly sealed unless the contrary is proved.
- (a) is a body corporate; and
- (b) has a seal; and
- (c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
- (a) a unit of public administration under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ; and
- (b) a statutory body within the meaning of— (i) the Financial Accountability Act 2009 ; and (ii) the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 .
- (i) the Financial Accountability Act 2009 ; and
- (ii) the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 .
- (i) the Financial Accountability Act 2009 ; and
- (ii) the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 .