How council acts in its corporate capacity
38 How council acts in its corporate capacity
A council acts:
(a) through local authorities, council committees, officers, staff and agents to whom the council has delegated powers or authorised to act on its behalf; or
(b) through officers or other persons authorised by this Act (or a by-law) to act on the council's behalf; or
under its common seal.
Note for subsection (1)
It follows that a contract is to be made by a council under its common seal or by an officer or other agent of the council with authority to act on its behalf.
The affixing of the common seal to a document:
must be authorised or ratified by resolution of the council; and
(b) must be attested by the signatures of the CEO and at least one member of the council.
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