University of Tasmania Act 1992
4Continuance and incorporation of University
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4 Continuance and incorporation of University
(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the Amalgamation Act , the University continues in existence under and subject to the provisions of this Act under the name "University of Tasmania".
(2) The University –
(a) has perpetual succession and a seal; and
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3) The seal is to be kept and used only as authorized by the Council.
(4) All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal on a document and presume that it was duly sealed by the University.
(5) [Section 4 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 44 of 2012, s. 5, Applied:01 Jan 2013] For the avoidance of doubt, the University is taken to have continued in existence under the name "University of Tasmania" since its establishment in 1890.