Victorian Repealed Acts

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Swinburne University of Technology Act 1992 - SECT 26

Awards of the University

26. Awards of the University



(1) Subject to the Statutes and regulations, the Council may, after
appropriate assessment, confer any degree or grant any diploma, certificate or
other award.

(2) The Statutes may provide-

   (a)  for the admission without examination to any degree, diploma,
        certificate or other award of any person who has graduated at any
        other University, at Swinburne Institute, at Prahran College or at a
        prescribed institution; and

   (b)  for the admission honoris causa to any degree, diploma, certificate of
        other award of any person whether or not the person has graduated at a
        University.



(3) The persons on whom degrees are conferred, or diplomas, certificates or
other awards granted, under subsection (2) are entitled to the same rights and
privileges as those to which persons who have graduated after appropriate
assessment in the University are entitled.

(4) All degrees conferred, and diplomas granted, by the University must be
evidenced by a certificate given under the common seal of the University.

(5) If the Statutes so provide, the Council may, in prescribed circumstances
and in the manner prescribed, revoke any degree, diploma, certificate or other
award conferred or granted by the University or by Swinburne Institute or by
Prahran College, whether before or after the commencement of section 58(6) of
the University Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1995.

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