When you are dealing with a statutory entity, it can appoint someone to act on its behalf. This person is called an attorney and the entity appoints them by signing a written document, following the rules set out in section 127(2). The attorney can be appointed to make decisions for the entity on everything or just on a specific matter.
If the attorney does something according to the document, it is like the statutory entity did it themselves. This means the entity is bound by what the attorney does. You need to know that the attorney's actions have the same effect as if the entity made the decision.
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A statutory entity may, by an instrument in writing executed in accordance with section 127(2), appoint a person as its attorney either generally or in relation to a specified matter.
An act of the attorney in accordance with the instrument binds the statutory entity.
