80 Powers to act on behalf of Society.E+W
(1)Anything authorised or required to be done by the Society under or in pursuance of this Act or [F1any other enactment (or of any instrument made under this Act or any other enactment)] may be done on behalf of the Society by the Council; and the power to delegate functions [F2conferred] by section 79 shall include power to delegate functions exercisable by the Council by virtue of this subsection.
(2)Any document issued by the Society or the Council for any purpose whatsoever may be signed on behalf of the Society or the Council, as the case may be, by the Secretary of the Society or by such other officer of the Society, or by the person holding such office in the Society, as may from time to time be prescribed either generally or specially by resolution of the Council.
(3)In any proceedings a document purporting to be certified by the Secretary of the Society as a copy of a resolution passed by the Council or a committee of the Council [F3or sub–committee] on a specified date shall be evidence that that resolution was duly passed by the Council [F4, committee or sub–committee] on that date.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 80(1) substituted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 72(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(i)
F2Word substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 16(2)
F3Words inserted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 16(3)(a)
F4Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 16(3)(b)