43Establishment of Council

43 Establishment of Council

(1)  The Professional Standards Council is established by this Act.

(2)  The Council –

(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

(b) has a common seal; and

(c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and

(d) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and

(e) may do and suffer all acts and things that a body corporate may by law do and suffer.

(3)  All courts must take judicial notice of the common seal of the Council affixed to a document and, until the contrary is proved, must presume that it was duly affixed.

(4)  The common seal of the Council must be kept in such custody as the Council directs and must not be used except as authorised by the Council.