{"id":"F2024L00851","name":"Governance Order 2024","slug":"governance-order-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442486,"registerId":"F2024L00851-fast-fetch-1775957472082","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Governance Order 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nTHE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITy\n\nGovernance Order 2024\n\n \n\nThe Council of the University makes the following order.\n\nDated 14 June 2024\n\nThe Hon Julie Bishop\n\nChancellor\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n[Part 1— Preliminary](#_Toc166582827)\n\n[1 Name](#_Toc166582828)\n\n[2 Commencement](#_Toc166582829)\n\n[3 Authority](#_Toc166582830)\n\n[4 Definitions](#_Toc166582831)\n\n[Part 2— Elections for deans and research school heads member](#_Toc166582832)\n\n[5 Eligibility for election and voting](#_Toc166582833)\n\n[Part 3— Repeal, transitional provisions and expiry](#_Toc166582834)\n\n[Division 3.1— Repeal](#_Toc166582835)\n\n[6 Repeal of instrument](#_Toc166582836)\n\n[Division 3.2— Transitional provisions](#_Toc166582837)\n\n[7 Transitional orders](#_Toc166582838)\n\n[8 Application of Legislation Statute, section 26](#_Toc166582839)\n\n[9 Transitional provisions additional](#_Toc166582840)\n\n[Division 3.3— Expiry](#_Toc166582841)\n\n[10 Expiry of instrument](#_Toc166582842)\n\n[Schedule 1—Deans and research school heads](#_Toc166582843)\n\n# Part 1—Preliminary\n\n### 1          Name\n\n#### This is the Governance Order 2024.\n\n### 2          Commencement\n\n#### This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n### 3          Authority\n\n#### This instrument is made under the Governance Statute of the University[[1]](#_ftn1), section 68 (General power to make rules and orders).\n\n### 4          Definitions\n\n#### The following notes provide information about definitions applying to terms used in this instrument.\n\n[Note 1: The Governance Statute, section 5 (Definitions) defines terms relevant to this instrument (see Legislation Statute, section 9(1) (Terms used in authorising legislation etc.)), including the following:\n\n- dean (see ANU Act, section 3 (Interpretation)\n- deans and research school heads member (see section 9(1)).]\n\n\n[Note 2: For definitions applying to University legislation generally, see the dictionary in the Legislation Statute. That dictionary defines terms relevant to this instrument, including the following:\n\n- ANU Act\n- position.]\n\n\n \n\n \n\n# Part 2—Elections for deans and research school heads member\n\n### 5          Eligibility for election and voting\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 mentioned 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# Part 3—Repeal, transitional provisions and expiry\n\n## Division 3.1—Repeal\n\n### 6          Repeal of instrument\n\n#### The Governance Order 2020 is repealed.\n\n## Division 3.2—Transitional provisions\n\n### 7          Transitional orders\n\n#### (1)    Orders made under the Governance Statute, section 68(1) (General power to make rules and orders) may prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any savings or application provisions) relating to:\n\n##### (a)    the repeal of the Governance Order 2020; or\n\n##### (b)    the making of this instrument.\n\n(2)    This instrument (other than this section) does not limit the matters that may be prescribed by rules made for subsection (1).\n\n#### (3)    Rules made for subsection (1) have effect despite anything in this instrument (other than this section).\n\n### 8          Application of Legislation Statute, section 26\n\n#### (1)    The Legislation Statute, section 26 (Repeal of University legislation) applies to the repeal of the Governance Order 2020.\n\n#### (2)    For the Legislation Statute, section 26 the provisions of this Division are transitional provisions.\n\n### 9          Transitional provisions additional\n\n#### This Division is additional to, and does not limit:\n\n##### (a)    the Legislation Statute, section 26 (Repeal of University legislation); or\n\n##### (b)    the Acts Interpretation Act, section 7 (Effect of repeal or amendment of Act), as applied by the Legislation Act, section 13(1)(a) (Construction of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments).\n\n## Division 3.3—Expiry\n\n### 10      Expiry of instrument\n\n#### This instrument expires 10 years after the day it commences.\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 positions 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, Computing and Cybernetics\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 Dean ANU College of Health and Medicine\n- 21 Director John Curtin School of Medical Research\n- 22 Director National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health\n- 23 Director Research School of Medicine and Psychology\n- 24 Dean ANU College of Science\n- 25 Director Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science\n- 26 Director Fenner School of Environment and Society\n- 27 Director Mathematical Sciences Institute\n- 28 Director Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics\n- 29 Director Research School of Biology\n- 30 Director Research School of Chemistry\n- 31 Director Research School of Earth Sciences\n- 32 Director Research School of Physics\n\n\n \n\n \n\n---\n\n\n[[1]](#_ftnref1) The Australian National University (Governance) Statute 2024.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: specifying which deans and research school heads are eligible for Council elections. It is a direct replacement of the 2020 Order with updated position names and the same structural approach."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 1,500 words)","Only 4 substantive provisions (sections 1-5, with sections 6-10 being administrative)","Single defined term table in Schedule 1 with 32 straightforward entries","Heavy reliance on external definitions (Governance Statute, Legislation Statute, ANU Act) rather than internal definitions","Standard transitional and repeal provisions using boilerplate language","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic \"despite anything in this instrument\" clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This ANU Council order fixes which senior academic leaders (deans and research‑school heads) may stand for and vote in the “deans and research school heads” Council election by naming 32 qualifying positions and mapping them to colleges/research schools. It repeals the 2020 governance order, includes transitional protections for ongoing elections, and expires after 10 years. It affects those senior academics and the Council’s representative makeup."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument replaces the Governance Order 2020 but keeps the same functional scope: it specifies which positions and bodies matter for dean/research‑school head elections and provides transitional savings and rule‑making to preserve continuity. It does not expand governance powers beyond listing and transitional mechanics (see s5, sch.1, s6, s7, s10)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to other University legislation increase legwork: Governance Statute (authorising power) and Legislation Statute/Acts Interpretation Act (s3; notes; s8–s9).","Mapping table in Schedule 1 ties positions to bodies; accuracy must be checked against organisational names (Schedule 1).","Transitional rule‑making power and primacy of rules for transitions permit non‑instrument subsidiary regulation (s7(1)–(3)).","Repeal plus automatic application rules create continuity questions for existing elections and instruments (s6; s8–s9).","Sunset clause creates administrative renewal or replacement work within 10 years (s10).","Name‑change adaptation note means references follow entity renaming, limiting rigid drafting errors (note to s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order defines which university units count as faculties or research schools and which office‑holders count as their deans or research school heads for internal ANU elections, repeals the 2020 Governance Order, and includes transitional rules and a 10‑year expiry. It takes effect the day after registration. It directly affects who may stand and vote in those internal elections and fixes the institutional list used for electoral eligibility (see s5, sch.1, s6, s7)."},"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"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/governance-order-2024","history":"/api/acts/governance-order-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/governance-order-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/governance-order-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/governance-order-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/governance-order-2024/documents"}}