Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts Subject to and for the
purposes of this Act and the Government Employees’ Housing
Act 1964 the Authority —
(a) has
and may exercise all the powers, privileges, rights and remedies of the Crown;
and
(b) has
and may exercise all such powers, authorities and discretions, and may do all
such acts and things, as a private person in the State has or may exercise or
do, and the Authority generally may do whatever it deems necessary in
connection with or incidental to the functions conferred upon it;
and in particular,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing —
(c) has
power to acquire, hold, maintain, improve, exchange, lease and dispose of real
and personal property; and
(d) has
power to borrow and lend money; and
(e) has
power to give guarantees, indemnities and undertakings whether in respect of
the payment or repayment of moneys, the performance of obligations, or
otherwise.
[Section 12 amended by No. 28 of 2006
s. 320 and 332.]