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Property Registration Authority.
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9.— (1) On the establishment day there stands established a body to be known as An tÚdarás Clárúcháin Maoine or, in the English language, the Property Registration Authority (in this Part referred to as the “Authority”), with the functions conferred on it by this Act.
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(2) The Authority—
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(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal,
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(b) may sue, and be sued, in its corporate name, and
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(c) may, with the consent of the Minister, acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land or any other property.
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(3) Subject to this Act, the Authority is independent in the performance of its functions.
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(4) The seal of the Authority may be authenticated by—
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(a) the signature of the chairperson or another member authorised by the Authority to act in that behalf, and
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(b) the signature of the Chief Executive or another member of the staff of the Authority so authorised.
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(5) Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.
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(6) In any proceedings a document purporting to be a document made or issued by, and to be sealed with the seal of, the Authority and any copy so sealed of such a document is admissible, without further proof, as evidence of the document and the matters mentioned in it.
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(7) 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 it for that purpose.
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