Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 33DB

    (1)     There is established a body corporate called the Victorian Environmental Water Holder.

    (2)     The Water Holder—

        (a)     has perpetual succession; and

        (b)     has an official seal; and

        (c)     may sue or 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 Water Holder's official seal affixed to a document and, until the contrary is proved, must presume the seal was duly affixed.

    (4)     The official seal of the Water Holder must be kept in the custody that is directed by the Water Holder and must not be used except as authorised by the Water Holder.

Division 2—Objectives, functions and powers of the Water Holder

S. 33DC inserted by No. 50/2010 s. 4.