Acts and Regulations

2017, c.18 - Local Governance Act

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Local governments are bodies corporate
4(1)The residents of a local government created under this Act are incorporated as a body corporate under the name prescribed for the local government under this Act.
4(2)A local government shall have a corporate seal that its council may alter or change.
4(3)Except as provided by regulation, no agreement, contract, instrument or other document to which a local government is a party has any force or effect unless it is
(a) sealed with the corporate seal of the local government, and
(b) signed by the mayor and the clerk.
4(4)The Corporations Act does not apply to a local government.
Local governments are bodies corporate
4(1)The residents of a local government created under this Act are incorporated as a body corporate under the name prescribed for the local government under this Act.
4(2)A local government shall have a corporate seal that its council may alter or change.
4(3)Except as provided by regulation, no agreement, contract, instrument or other document to which a local government is a party has any force or effect unless it is
(a) sealed with the corporate seal of the local government, and
(b) signed by the mayor and the clerk.
4(4)The Corporations Act does not apply to a local government.