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Establishment of Agency
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7. (1) There shall stand established on the establishment day a body, which shall be known as Taighde Éireann (in this Act referred to as “the Agency”), to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
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(2) The Agency shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and shall have the power to sue, and may be sued, in its corporate name and may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, acquire, hold and dispose of land, an interest in land or any other property.
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(3) The official seal of the Agency shall be authenticated by—
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(a) the signatures of 2 members of the Board, or
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(b) the signatures of a member of the Board and a member of the staff of the Agency authorised by the Board to act in that behalf.
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(4) Judicial notice shall be taken of the official seal of the Agency and, accordingly, any document—
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(a) purporting to be an instrument made by the Agency, and
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(b) purporting to be sealed with the official seal of the Agency authenticated in accordance with subsection (3),
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shall, unless the contrary is shown, be received in evidence and taken to be such an instrument without further proof.
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