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Establishment of Authority
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121. (1) There shall stand established on the establishment day of the Authority a body which shall be known as An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail (in this Act referred to as the “Authority”) to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act or any other enactment.
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(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and with the power—
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(a) to sue and be sued in its corporate name, and
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(b) with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, to acquire, hold and dispose of any property other than land or an interest in land.
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(3) The Authority shall provide itself with a seal as soon as practicable after the establishment day of the Authority and the seal shall be authenticated by the signatures of both—
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(a) a member of the Authority, and
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(b) the chief executive of the Authority or such other member of the staff of the Authority as is authorised by the Authority to act in that behalf.
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(4) Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal of the Authority and any document purporting—
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(a) to be an instrument made by the Authority, and
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(b) to be sealed with the seal of the Authority authenticated in accordance with subsection (3),
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shall, unless the contrary is shown, be evidence of that instrument without further proof.
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(5) Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by an individual, would not require to be under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Authority by any person generally or specially authorised by the Authority in that behalf.
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