Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587:section:363
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 363
Character Range: 496217–497147

363  Constitution
 (1) The Commission:
 (a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and
 (b) must have a seal; and
 (c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
 (2) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must:
 (a) take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of the Commission appearing on a document; and
 (b) presume that the document was duly sealed.
 (3) Despite paragraph 10(1)(d) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the definition of Department of State in section 8 of that Act, the Commission:
 (a) is not a Commonwealth entity for the purposes of that Act; and
 (b) is taken to be part of the Department administered by the Minister administering this Chapter for those purposes.
Note: This means that the Commission members are officials of the Department for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

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