(1) The Minister may
do all things necessary or convenient to be done for the purposes of —
(a)
performing the functions conferred on the Minister under this Part in relation
to student residential colleges; or
(b)
carrying out joint arrangements.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), the Minister may for any of the purposes mentioned —
(a)
acquire, hold, manage, improve, develop and dispose of property or an interest
in property; and
(b)
accept any gift, grant, devise or bequest if it is absolute or subject to
conditions to which the Minister agrees; and
(c)
subject to section 213F, participate in any business arrangement and acquire,
hold and dispose of shares, units or other interests in, or relating to, a
business arrangement; and
(d)
allow persons to undertake advertising or sponsorship, of the kind and to the
extent that is authorised by regulations, in connection with student
residential colleges; and
(e)
enter into any contract or arrangement; and
(f) use
the expertise and resources of the department to provide consultancy, advisory
or other services for profit.
(3) In exercising any
power under this section the Minister may act in conjunction with —
(a) any
person or firm, or a public authority; or
(b) any
department of the Public Service or any agency of the State or the
Commonwealth.
(4) An agreement or
arrangement for advertising or sponsorship in relation to a student
residential college is not to be entered into by a person acting —
(a) in
exercise of the power conferred by subsection (2)(d); and
(b) as a
subdelegate of the Minister under section 225,
unless the LINC
committee for that college has approved the agreement or arrangement.
(5) If a term is given
a meaning in section 216(6), it has the same meaning in subsection (2).
[Section 213E inserted: No. 41 of 2016 s. 11.]