Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Melbourne University (VCAH) Act 1997 - SECT 7

Students of the College

7. Students of the College



(1) On 1 July 1997, a person who was enrolled as a student of the Company
immediately before that day becomes a student of The University of Melbourne.



(2) Despite anything to the contrary in the Melbourne University Act 1958-

(a) statutes or regulations made under that Act by the Council of The
University of Melbourne may authorise the Council, at the request of a person
who becomes a student of The University of Melbourne because of subsection
(1), to confer on the student, subject to and in accordance with the statutes
and regulations, a diploma or certificate or other award under a name that
includes the title of the award and the words "Victorian College of
Agriculture and Horticulture";

   (b)  the powers of the Council of The University of Melbourne under section
        19 of that Act extend to the conferring of any award on a person who
        becomes an enrolled student of The University of Melbourne because of
        subsection (1) that the Company could have conferred on the person if
        this Act had not been enacted;

   (c)  a person who holds a diploma, certificate or other award of the
        Company is entitled to the same benefits and privileges at The
        University of Melbourne as are enjoyed by persons holding diplomas,
        certificates and other awards of The University of Melbourne as if the
        diploma, certificate or other award of the Company were a diploma,
        certificate or other award of The University of Melbourne.

(3) If a person was, before 1 July 1997, entitled to a diploma, certificate or
other award of the Company that has not been granted, the diploma, certificate
or award must be granted by the Council of The University of Melbourne and,
for that purpose, the Council may exercise in the name of the
Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture any power that the Company
might have exercised before 1 July 1997 in respect of the diploma, certificate
or award.