Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BATCHELOR INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS TERTIARY EDUCATION ACT - SECT 3

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -

"Batchelor College" means Batchelor College established under Part VI of the Education Act and in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act;

"By-laws" means by-laws made under section 49;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under section 14;

"code of conduct" means a code of conduct made by the Council under section 52 and includes a provision of a code of conduct;

"committee" means a committee of the Council;

"Council" means the Council of the Institute constituted under Division 1 of Part 3;

"Deputy Chairperson" means the Deputy Chairperson of the Council elected under section 20;

"Director" means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 27;

"first Council" means the first Council to be constituted in accordance with Division 1 of Part 3 after the commencement of this Act;

"graduate" means a member of a class of persons determined under the By-laws to be graduates for the purposes of this Act;

"Institute" means the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education established under section 4;

"member" means a member of the Council referred to in section 10(3);

"rules" means rules made under section 51;

"staff" means the Director, Deputy Director, academic or other salaried staff of the Institute or any other personnel employed by the Institute;

"student" means a person enrolled as a student of the Institute;

"Torres Strait Islander" means a person descended from the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands.

(2) A reference in this Act to the Chairperson or Director includes a reference to a person acting in or performing the duties of the Chairperson or Director.

(3) A reference in this Act to the term of office of a member includes a reference to -

(a) in relation to a member who vacates his or her office before the expiry of his or her term of office - the part of the term served by that member; and

(b) in relation to a member appointed to fill a vacancy under section 19 - the part of the term served by that member.