(1) Subject to the Public Administration Act 2004 there is to be a Registrar of Incorporated Associations.
(2) The person employed as the Registrar of Incorporated Associations under the Public Administration Act 2004 is a body corporate under the name "Registrar of Incorporated Associations".
(3) By that name, the Registrar of Incorporated Associations—
(a) has perpetual succession; and
(b) has an official seal; and
(c) may sue and be sued; and
(d) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and
(e) may do and suffer all things that a body corporate may by law do and suffer.