(1) There is established by this Act a body to be called the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.
(2) The Foundation—
(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and
(b) shall have an official seal; and
(c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and
(d) is capable of taking, purchasing, leasing, holding, selling and disposing of real and personal property for the purpose of performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act; and
(e) is capable of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do or suffer and which are necessary or expedient for the purpose of performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act.
(3) The Foundation represents, and shall be taken to be part of, the Crown.
(4) The official seal of the Foundation shall be kept in such custody as the Foundation directs and must not be used except as authorised by the Foundation.
(5) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Foundation affixed to a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.