Section 28: Miscellaneous administrative provisions

(1) The seal of the University and of each college shall be such as may be determined by the Council and approved by the Chancellor; and the affixing of the seals shall be authenticated, in the case of the seal of the University, by any member of the Council and by the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar or any other person authorised by statute or, in the case of the seal of a college, by any member of the court of governors of the college and by the Provost or Secretary of the college or any other person authorised by statute.
(2) Any document purporting to be a document executed under the seal of the University or of a college authenticated as aforesaid shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so executed.
(3) Any contract or instrument which, if made, or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may be made or executed on behalf of the University or a college by any person generally or specially authorised to do so by the Council or the court of governors of the college, as the case may be.
(4) The validity of any proceedings of any body established in pursuance of this Act shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership of the body, or by any defect in the appointment of a member of the body, or by reason that any person not entitled to do so took part in the proceedings.
(5) Any member of any such body who has a personal interest in any matter proposed to be considered by that body shall forthwith disclose his interest to the body and shall not vote on any question relating to that matter.
(6) Nothing in section 12 of the Interpretation Act (which provides for the application, in relation to subordinate legislation, of certain incidental provisions) shall apply to statutes or regulations made in pursuance of this Act; but the power conferred by this Act to make statutes or regulations shall include power to revoke or vary any statute (including the Statute contained in the Fourth Schedule to this Act) or any regulation by a subsequent statute or, as the case may be, by a subsequent regulation, and statutes and regulations may make different provision in relation to different circumstances.
(7) No stamp or other duty shall be payable in respect of any transfer of property to the University by virtue of sections 11 and 23 of this Act or the Third Schedule to this Act or of any transfer of property from the University to a college or from a college to the University.
(8) Any notice or other instrument authorised or required to be served by virtue of this Act may, without prejudice to any other mode of service, be served by post.