Paragraph 27 Execution of documents
England and Wales
(1)
A commons council may confer on any one or more of its members an authority to execute documents in the name and on behalf of the council.
(2)
A document is executed by a commons council by being signed by one or more members of the council in accordance with an authority given under sub-paragraph (1).
(3)
An authority under sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)
may be general, or limited in such manner as the commons council thinks fit; and
(b)
subject to any such limitation, and until it is revoked, has effect as a continuing authority notwithstanding any change in the membership of the council, until the expiry of the term of membership of the person on whom it is conferred.