First Nations Voice Act 2023 | South Australian Legislation...

First Nations Voice Act 2023 | South Australian Legislation

Division 2—Local First Nations Voices 10—Establishment of Local First Nations Voices
(1) There is to be a Local First Nations Voice in respect of each region in the State.
(2) Each Local First Nations Voice—
(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and
(b) is capable of suing and being sued; and
(c) is, for the purpose of carrying out its functions, capable of— (i) holding, acquiring, dealing with and disposing of real and personal property; and (ii) acquiring or incurring any other rights or liabilities.
(3) A Local First Nations Voice is independent of direction or control by the Crown or any Minister or officer of the Crown.
(4) A Local First Nations Voice is not an agency or instrumentality of the Crown (and is not, to avoid doubt, a public sector agency under the Public Sector Act 2009).
(5) If an apparently genuine document purports to bear the common seal of a Local First Nations Voice, it is to be presumed in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Local First Nations Voice has been duly affixed to that document