s 27 Execution of documents
27.—(1) The Agency must have a seal. (2) The seal of the Agency is to be kept and used as authorised by the Agency. (3) A document is duly executed by the Agency if —(a) the seal of the Agency is affixed to the document in the presence of one of its members who must sign the document to attest that the seal was so affixed, and the document is signed —(i) by any 2 members generally or specially authorised by the Agency for the purpose; or (ii) by one member and the Chief Executive; or (b) the document is signed on behalf of the Agency by a person or persons authorised to do so by the Agency and in accordance with the terms of that authorisation. (4) A document purporting to be executed in accordance with this section is presumed to be duly executed until the contrary is shown. (5) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of the Agency appearing on a document. (6) When a document is produced bearing a seal purporting to be the seal of the Agency, it must be presumed that the seal is the seal of the Agency until the contrary is shown.