Section 4D
Common seal
The common seal of the Council shall bear a device as approved by the Council and the seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Council thinks fit.
(2)
The common seal shall be kept in custody of the Chief
Executive Officer or such other person as may be authorised by the
Council and shall be authenticated by either the Chief Executive
Officer or such person as may be authorized by the Council in writing.
(3)
All deeds, documents and other instruments purporting to be sealed with the common seal and duly authenticated shall, until the contrary is proven, be deemed to have been validly executed.
(4)
Any deed, document and other instrument which, if executed by a person not being a body corporate, is not required to be under seal
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may in like manner be executed by the Council or an employee of the
Council authorized in that behalf.
(5)
The common seal of the Council shall be officially and judicially noticed.