South Australian Numbered Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT 2005 (NO 40 OF 2005) - SECT 54

54—Common seal and execution of documents

        (1)         The Chief Officer may—

            (a)         execute a document on behalf of SAMFS; and

            (b)         affix the common seal of SAMFS to a document.

        (2)         The Chief Officer may, by instrument in writing, authorise another person to exercise a power under subsection (1) subject to conditions and limitations (if any) specified in the instrument for authority.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (2), an authority may be given so as to authorise 2 or more persons to execute documents jointly on behalf of SAMFS.

        (4)         A document is duly executed by SAMFS if—

            (a)         the common seal of SAMFS is affixed to the document in accordance with this section; or

            (b)         the document is signed on behalf of SAMFS by a person or persons in accordance with any authority conferred under this section.

        (5)         Where an apparently genuine document purports to bear the common seal of SAMFS, it will be presumed in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of SAMFS has been duly affixed to that document.