SCHEDULES
F1F1SCHEDULE 1
Incorporation of Agency and execution of instruments and contracts
17
The Agency shall be a body corporate.
18
The fixing of the common seal shall be authenticated by the signature of the chairman of the Agency or some other person authorised by the Agency to act for that purpose.
19
A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Agency shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be so executed unless the contrary is proved.
F219A
1
A certificate signed by the chief executive of the Agency that any document purporting to be made or issued by or on behalf of the Agency was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
2
A document purporting to be such a certificate shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
F319B
A person dealing with the Agency, or with a person claiming under the Agency, shall not be concerned to inquire—
a
whether any directions have been given to the Agency under this Act or whether any directions so given have been complied with; or
b
whether any approval, authority or consent of the Secretary of State or the Treasury required for any of the purposes of this Act has been given, or whether any condition or limitation subject to which any such approval, authority or consent was given has been complied with,
and, in favour of any such person, the validity of anything done by the Agency shall not be affected by anything contained in any such direction, approval, authority or consent or by reason that any such direction, approval, authority or consent has not been given.
Sch. 1 omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 30 (with art. 3(1))