Commonwealth legislation

Appeals Statute 2014

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This statute gives the Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University (ANU) the power to create appeal rules for students and staff who want to challenge certain university decisions.

The statute acts as the legal foundation that authorises the Vice-Chancellor to write detailed procedures for appealing decisions made under four specific sets of university rules:

Academic Misconduct Rules (e.g., findings of plagiarism or cheating)
Discipline Rules (e.g., penalties for behavioural misconduct)
Information Infrastructure and Services Rules (e.g., decisions about IT access or usage)
Medical Leave Rules (e.g., decisions about health-related study breaks)

The statute itself is brief and procedural—it does not explain how to actually lodge an appeal or what the grounds are. Instead, it simply creates the legal authority for those details to be set out in separate documents called 'Rules'.

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Appeals Statute 2014

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Australian National University Act 1991

APPEALS STATUTE 2014

The Council of The Australian National University makes the following Statute under section 50 of the Australian National University Act 1991.

Dated: 5 December 2014.

Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA

CHANCELLOR

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1 Name of Statute

1.1 This Statute is the Appeals Statute 2014.

2 Commencement

2.1 This Statute commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Rules

3.1 The Vice Chancellor may make one set of Rules pursuant to this Statute with respect to appeals of decisions made under the:

(a) Academic Misconduct Rules;

(b) Discipline Rules;

(d) Medical Leave Rules.

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