Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A body to be known
as the “Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association” is hereby
established.
(2) The Association is
a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall have a common seal.
(3) Subject to and in
accordance with this Act the Association may, under its corporate name —
(a) sue
and be sued in any court;
(b)
acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;
(c)
enter into agreements, guarantees, indemnities and other contractual
arrangements;
(d)
borrow money;
(e)
mortgage or charge any of its property as security for the repayment of any
money borrowed; and
(f) do
and suffer all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do
and suffer.
(4) All courts and
persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the common seal of the
Association affixed to any document and shall presume that it was duly affixed
thereto.
(5) The powers of the
Association in relation to real or leasehold property shall not be exercised
except with the consent of the Minister and subject to such conditions as he
may, in giving his consent, impose.
(6) The Association is
a racing club eligible for registration under the RWWA Act and, if so
registered, the board is taken to be the committee of the racing club.
[Section 5 amended: No. 23 of 1998 s. 16(1); No.
35 of 2003 s. 201 and 218.]