(1) For the purposes
of this Act, there shall be established a body corporate by the name of the
“Western Australian Tourism Commission”.
(2) Under its
corporate name the Commission —
(a) has
perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) may
sue and be sued in any court;
(c)
subject to this Act, is capable of doing and suffering all that bodies
corporate may do and suffer.
(3) The Commission is
an agent of the Crown in right of the State.
(4) Where in any
judicial proceedings, whether under this Act or not, a document is produced
bearing a seal purporting to be the common seal of the Commission the court or
tribunal before which those proceedings are brought shall in the absence of
proof to the contrary presume that —
(a) the
seal is the common seal of the Commission; and
(b) the
seal was duly affixed.
(5) Regulations made
under this Act may make provision as to the use of the common seal of the
Commission in the State and elsewhere.