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AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (VICTORIA) ACT 1991 - SECT 5

Power to make statutes

    (1)     Subject to this Act, the Senate may make statutes for or with respect to all matters relating to the organisation, management and good government of the University and in particular, without affecting the generality of the foregoing, for or with respect to—

        (a)     the discipline of the University;

        (b)     the imposition of fines for, or determining compensation payable for damage arising from, breaches of the discipline of the University.

    (2)     The Senate may, by a later statute, revoke or amend any statute.

    (3)     Any statute made by the Senate may provide for—

        (a)     the making of regulations, either by the Senate or, if the statutes so authorise, by the Vice-Chancellor for or with respect to prescribing or providing for any matter or thing for the purpose of the statute;

        (b)     the manner of promulgation of any such regulation;

        (c)     the revocation or amendment of any such regulation.

    (4)     A statute made by the Senate under this Act—

        (a)     must be in writing; and

        (b)     must have the common seal of the University affixed.

    (5)     A statute comes into operation on the day on which it is made or, if a later day is specified in the statute, from that later day.

    (6)     The production of a verified copy of a statute under the common seal of the University is sufficient evidence of its making and authenticity in all courts and before all persons acting judicially.

    (7)     A regulation made under a statute comes into operation on the day on which it is promulgated in accordance with the statute under which it is made or, if a later day is specified in the regulation, from that later day.

    (8)     The production of a verified copy of a regulation under the common seal of the University is sufficient evidence of its making and authenticity in all courts and before all persons acting judicially.



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