New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY ACT 1989 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"commercial functions" of the University means the commercial functions described in section 6 (3) (a).
"Council" means the Council of the University.
"University" means the Macquarie University established by this Act.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a graduate of the University is a reference to a person who is the recipient of a degree or diploma, or of such other award or certificate as may be prescribed by the by-laws, conferred or awarded:

(a) by the University,

(b) by or on behalf of any former institution that has, pursuant to this Act or to the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989 or otherwise, become a part of the University, or

(c) by any predecessor of any such institution.

(3) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(4) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.