Continuation of Trust
9 Continuation of Trust
Subject to this section, the Aboriginal Lands Trust continues in existence.
[Note: NoteThe Trust was constituted under the Aboriginal Lands Trust
Act 1966.]
The Trust—
is a body corporate; and
has perpetual succession and a common seal; and
can sue and be sued in its corporate name; and
subject to this Act, can enter into contracts and arrangements (including commercial contracts and arrangements); and
is an instrumentality of the Crown; and
has the functions and powers assigned or conferred by or under this or any other Act.
If a document appears to bear the common seal of the Trust, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Trust was duly fixed to the document.
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