Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 - SECT 5

             (1)  There shall be an Administrator of the Territory, who shall administer the government of the Territory as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth.

             (2)  The Administration is a body politic with perpetual succession by the name of the Administration of Norfolk Island.

             (3)  Subject to this Act, the Administration of Norfolk Island is capable by that name of:

                     (a)  suing and being sued;

                     (b)  making contracts;

                     (c)  acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and

                     (d)  doing and suffering all other matters and things a body corporate may do or suffer.