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(2) The port authority shall, in respect of the auditor’s written statement, as soon as possible after it is submitted,

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(3) No person shall accept an appointment or consent to be appointed as the auditor of a port authority if the person is replacing an auditor who has resigned or been removed or whose term of office has expired or is about to expire until the person has requested and received from that auditor a written statement of the circumstances and the reasons, in the auditor’s opinion, for the replacement.

(4) Despite subsection (3), a person otherwise qualified may accept an appointment or consent to be appointed as the auditor of a port authority if, within 15 days after making a request referred to in that subsection, the person does not receive a reply.

(5) Unless subsection (4) applies, the appointment as auditor of a port authority of a person who has not complied with subsection (3) is null and void.

59 (1) A port authority shall indemnify Her Majesty in right of Canada for any action, claim or demand brought against, discharged or satisfied by Her Majesty, or any liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost or expense incurred, discharged or satisfied by Her Majesty because the port authority acted, or in consequence of the port authority acting, as agent of Her Majesty, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an action, claim, demand, liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost or expense arising

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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the action, claim, demand, liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost or expense is in respect of

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• (b) an agreement or contract between Her Majesty and the port authority, except as provided in the agreement or contract.

(4) The Minister shall provide to the port authority notice of any action, claim, demand, liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost or expense for which the port authority is to indemnify Her Majesty and

• (a) in the case of federal real property, the port authority shall undertake and defend any legal proceedings with respect to that property, as required by paragraph 45(1)(c) of the Act; and

15 (1) A resolution in writing signed by all the directors entitled to vote on the resolution is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee of directors, as the case may be.

7 (1) A port authority shall maintain, at its registered office, records that contain

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• (d) a copy of the constating instruments of each of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as amended from time to time;

(2) A port authority shall prepare and maintain

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• (b) at its registered office or at such other place in Canada as the board of directors thinks fit, a record of the minutes of meetings and resolutions of the board of directors and committees of directors.

(3) In the case of a harbour commission, or a local port corporation within the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Canada Ports Corporation Act, that is continued, deemed to be incorporated or incorporated as a port authority under the Act, the requirement to maintain records that contain minutes of meetings and resolutions of the board of directors and committees of directors includes maintaining similar records that the harbour commission or local port corporation had in its possession before it was continued, deemed to be incorporated or incorporated.

68 (1) Despite the dissolution of a port authority,

• (a) a civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding by or against the port authority before its dissolution may be continued as if the port authority had not been dissolved;

• (b) a civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding may be brought against the port authority within two years after its dissolution as if the port authority had not been dissolved; and