{"id":"F2020L01696","name":"Governance Order 2020","slug":"governance-order-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440722,"registerId":"F2020L01696-fast-fetch-1775956259597","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Governance Order 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nTHE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITy\n\nGovernance Order 2020\n\n \n\nI, Professor Brian P. Schmidt, Vice-Chancellor, make the following order.\n\nDated 22 December 2020\n\nProfessor Brian P. Schmidt AC FAA FRS\n\nVice-Chancellor\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n[1 Name](#_Toc58501636)\n\n[2 Commencement](#_Toc58501637)\n\n[3 Authority](#_Toc58501638)\n\n[4 Deans and research school heads](#_Toc58501639)\n\n[Schedule 1—Deans and research school heads](#_Toc58501640)\n\n### 1          Name\n\n#### This is the Governance Order 2020.\n\n### 2          Commencement\n\n#### This instrument commences on 1 January 2021.\n\n### 3          Authority\n\n#### This instrument is made under the Governance Statute, section 68(1) (General power to make rules and orders).\n\n### 4          Deans and research school heads\n\n#### For the ANU Act, the Governance Statute and the Governance Rule:\n\n##### (a)    the bodies mentioned in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 are the bodies that are to be regarded as faculties or research schools; and\n\n##### (b)    the person holding the position mentioned in column 1 of an item in the table is to be regarded as the dean or head of the body specified in column 2 of the item.\n\n[Note: If the name of a body or position mentioned in the table in Schedule 1 changes, a reference in the table to the body or position by its previous name is taken, after the change, to be a reference to the body or position by its new name (see Legislation Statute, section 10(3) (Application of general references to University entities etc.)).]\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Deans and research school heads\n\n1  Table of deans and research school heads\n\nThe following table specifies the bodies that are to be regarded as faculties or research schools and their deans or heads:\n\n \n\n- Table—deans and research school heads\n- Item Column 1 specified offices Column 2 specified bodies\n- 1 Dean ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences\n- 2 Director Research School of Humanities and the Arts\n- 3 Director Research School of Social Sciences\n- 4 Dean ANU College of Asia and the Pacific\n- 5 Director ANU Crawford School of Public Policy\n- 6 Director Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs\n- 7 Director School of Regulation and Global Governance\n- 8 Director School of Culture, History and Language\n- 9 Dean ANU College of Business and Economics\n- 10 Director Research School of Accounting\n- 11 Director Research School of Economics\n- 12 Director Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics\n- 13 Director Research School of Management\n- 14 Dean ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science\n- 15 Director School of Computing\n- 16 Director School of Cybernetics\n- 17 Director School of Engineering\n- 18 Dean ANU College of Law\n- 19 Head ANU Law School\n- 20 Head ANU School of Legal Practice\n- 21 Dean ANU College of Health and Medicine\n- 22 Director ANU Medical School\n- 23 Director John Curtin School of Medical Research\n- 24 Director Research School of Population Health\n- 25 Director Research School of Psychology\n- 26 Dean ANU College of Science\n- 27 Director Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science\n- 28 Director Fenner School of Environment and Society\n- 29 Director Mathematical Sciences Institute\n- 30 Director Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics\n- 31 Director Research School of Biology\n- 32 Director Research School of Chemistry\n- 33 Director Research School of Earth Sciences\n- 34 Director Research School of Physics\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly its intended function: mapping positions to organisational units. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the straightforward administrative purpose of identifying deans and research school heads."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 1.5 pages of substantive content)","Only 4 operative sections, with section 4 being a simple cross-reference to a table","Single schedule containing a straightforward lookup table with 34 rows and 3 columns","No defined terms section (relies on external definitions in the ANU Act and Governance Statute)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Only one cross-reference (to Legislation Statute section 10(3) regarding name changes)"],"plain_english_summary":"This internal ANU administrative order establishes an official lookup mapping of who counts as a \"dean\" or \"head\" for each faculty and research school, so references in the ANU Act and Governance Statute point to identifiable roles and units. \n\nIt affects staff, students and administrators by clarifying authority within the university, and includes an automatic renaming provision so renamed positions or schools carry forward without reissuing the order."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument simply clarifies which positions count as deans or heads for application of existing governance instruments; it does not itself amend the ANU Act, Governance Statute or Governance Rule text or alter their substantive powers and duties. The Order neither adds financial obligations nor creates new categories of entities beyond those listed (see s4 and Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: only maps office titles to bodies (Schedule 1)","Short text with clear commencement and authority provisions (ss2–3)","Dependence on other instruments for substantive rights/duties (ANU Act, Governance Statute, Governance Rule) increases interpretive links","Name-change continuity handled by a statutory reference note (Legislation Statute s10(3)), reducing transitional complexity","No new regulatory procedures, fees or enforcement mechanisms introduced"],"plain_english_summary":"This Order designates which ANU positions and bodies are to be treated as faculties or research schools and identifies who is to be regarded as the dean or head for the purposes of the ANU Act, the Governance Statute and the Governance Rule (see s4 and Schedule 1). It commences 1 January 2021 and is made under the Governance Statute s68(1) (see s2–s3).\n\nThe Vice‑Chancellor made the instrument, so it decides which office‑holders acquire governance status under those instruments; it does not itself create new financial obligations and handles name changes via the Schedule and Legislation Statute note (Schedule 1; note)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/governance-order-2020","history":"/api/acts/governance-order-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/governance-order-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/governance-order-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/governance-order-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/governance-order-2020/documents"}}