Victorian Numbered Acts

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY (VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS) ACT 2006 (NO 62 OF 2006) - SECT 5

Subject to this Act, on and from 1 January 2007—

        (a)     the University is the successor in law of the College; and

        (b)     the assets and rights of the College vest in the University; and

        (c)     the liabilities and obligations of the College become liabilities or obligations of the University; and

        (d)     any scholarship, prize or bursary of a continuing nature administered by the College or its Council and existing immediately before 1 January 2007 shall be administered by the University, but otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions to which it was subject immediately before that date; and

        (e)     all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, arrangements, guarantees and other instruments (except contracts, agreements or arrangements relating to the members of staff of the College referred to in section 7) made or entered into by, on behalf of, or in relation to the College or its Council and in force immediately before 1 January 2007 have effect as if made or entered into by, on behalf of, or in relation to, the University; and

        (f)     all actions, claims, arbitrations, applications and other proceedings (including proceedings on appeal or review) pending or existing immediately before 1 January 2007 by, against, or in relation to the College or its Council have effect as if they were proceedings by, against, or in relation to the University, and may be continued and completed accordingly; and
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        (g)     any permit, licence or authority issued or granted to the College or its Council by or under any Act continues to operate, despite anything in this Act, in favour of the University in the same way and to the same extent as it operated in favour of the College or its Council; and

        (h)     unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the College or to the Council of the College is deemed to be a reference to the University if the reference—

              (i)     is in an Act, other than this Act, a subordinate instrument within the meaning of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 , a judgment or order or any other document whatsoever; and

              (ii)     is in relation to a period occurring on or after 1 January 2007; and

              (i)     all records and documents of the College or its Council become the property of the University.