This legislation has been repealed.
University to be successor in law of Swinburne Institute57. University to be successor in law of Swinburne Institute Subject to this Act, on and from the appointed day- (a) the University is the successor in law of the Swinburne Institute; and (b) any scholarship, prize or bursary of a continuing nature administered by the Swinburne Institute or the Swinburne company and existing immediately before the appointed day shall be administered by the University, but otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions to which it was subject immediately before the appointed day; and (c) all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, arrangements, guarantees and other instruments (except contracts, agreements or arrangements relating to the members of staff of the Swinburne Institute) made or entered into by, on behalf of, or in relation to the Swinburne Institute and in force immediately before the appointed day have effect as if made or entered into by, on behalf of, or in relation to, the University; and (d) all actions, claims, arbitrations, applications and other proceedings (including proceedings on appeal or review) pending or existing immediately before the appointed day by, against, or in relation to the Swinburne Institute have effect as if they were actions, claims, arbitrations, applications and proceedings by, against, or in relation to the University, and may be continued and completed accordingly; and (e) any permit, licence or authority of any kind whatsoever issued or granted to the Swinburne Institute or the Swinburne company 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 Swinburne Institute or the Swinburne company; and (f) unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the Swinburne Institute or to the Swinburne council 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 whatever; and (ii) is in relation to a period occurring on or after the appointed day; and (g) all records and documents of the Swinburne Institute become the property of the University.