S.L. 327.437 Art. 5Legal personality and juridical representation of the Academy.

(1) The Academy shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and shall be capable, subject to the provisions of the Act and of this Order, of entering into contracts, of acquiring, holding and disposing of any kind of property for the purposes of its functions, of suing and being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or performance of its functions under the Act and this Order.

(2) The legal and juridical representation of the Academy shall vest in the Director, provided that the Board of Governors may appoint any one or more of its members or of the officers or employees of the Academy to appear in the name and on behalf of the Academy in any judicial proceedings or in any act, contract, instrument or any other document.

(3) The Academy shall assume the legal personality previously vested in the following schools within the Directorate for Lifelong Learning of the Ministry responsible for Education:

(a) the Johann Strauss School of Music (Malta);

(b) the School of Arts (Malta);

(c) the Malta Drama Centre (Mikiel Ang Borg, Malta);

(d) the School of Music (Sannat, Gozo);

(e) the School of Arts (Għajnsielem, Gozo); and

(f) the School of Drama (Nadur, Gozo);

and from the date of entry into force of this Order, the Academy shall assume responsibility for all assets, liabilities and obligations previously entered into by the said schools or by other bodies on their behalf.