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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 451

451 .         Execution of documents

        (1)         WorkCover WA must have a common seal.

        (2)         A document is duly executed by WorkCover WA if —

            (a)         the common seal of WorkCover WA is applied to it in accordance with subsections (3) and (4); or

            (b)         it is signed on behalf of WorkCover WA by a person or persons authorised to do so under subsection (5).

        (3)         The common seal of WorkCover WA must not be applied to any document except as authorised by WorkCover WA.

        (4)         The common seal of WorkCover WA must be applied to a document in the presence of any 2 Board members, each of whom must sign the document to attest that the common seal was so applied.

        (5)         WorkCover WA may, by writing under its common seal, authorise any of the following persons to sign documents on behalf of WorkCover WA, either generally or subject to the conditions that are specified in the authorisation —

            (a)         a Board member or Board members;

            (b)         a staff member or staff members.

        (6)         A document purporting to be executed in accordance with this section must be presumed to be duly executed unless the contrary is shown.

        (7)         When a document is produced bearing a seal purporting to be the common seal of WorkCover WA, it must be presumed that the seal is the common seal of WorkCover WA unless the contrary is shown.



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