Section 196V — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Establishment of Specialist Medical Review Council

(1) A Specialist Medical Review Council is established. Note: All references in this Part to the Review Council are references to the Specialist Medical Review Council: see the definition of Review Council in subsection 5AB(1). (2) The Review Council: (a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and (b) has a common seal; and (c) may sue and be sued. (3) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must: (a) take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of the Review Council appearing on a document; and (b) presume that the document was duly sealed. (4) Debts incurred by the Review Council in the performance of its functions are, for all purposes, taken to be debts incurred by the Commonwealth.