Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 53 Students of Amalgamating Institutes

This legislation has been repealed.

Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 53

Students of Amalgamating Institutes

53. Students of Amalgamating Institutes



(1) On and after the commencement of section 4, a person who is an enrolled
student of an Amalgamating Institute is also an enrolled student of the
University.

(2) The Statutes or Regulations may authorise the Council of the University,
at the request of a person who is or has been an enrolled student of the
University by virtue of subsection (1), to confer on the student, subject to
and in accordance with the Statutes and Regulations, a degree, diploma,
certificate or other award under a name that includes the title of the award
and the words "Footscray Institute of Technology" or "The Western Institute",
as the case requires.

(3) The powers of the Council of the University extend to the conferring of
any degree, diploma, certificate or other award on a person who is an enrolled
student of the University by virtue of subsection (1) that an Amalgamating
Institute might have conferred on the person if this Act had not been enacted.

(4) A person who holds a degree, diploma, certificate or other award of an
Amalgamating Institute is entitled on and from the date of commencement of
this section to the same benefits and privileges as are enjoyed by a person
holding an award of the University, as if the award of the Institute were an
award of the University.

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