49Power to make by-laws

49 Power to make by-laws (1) The Council may make by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Council may make by-laws to do any of the following: (a) provide for the use and custody of the common seal of the Institute and the performance of specified functions of the Institute without the common seal; (b) prescribe matters relating to the election of members of the Council, including the qualifications of people electing the members and the procedures for enrolling to vote, conducting ballots, counting votes and declaring the result; (c) prescribe the manner and time of convening, holding and adjourning meetings of the Council or Board and the manner of voting at the meetings and conducting and recording the business of the meetings; (d) prescribe the powers and duties of the person presiding at a meeting of the Council or Board;

Part 7 By-laws, rules and codes of conduct Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999 35 (e) provide for the appointment of members of Council committees established under section 23(1) and the quorum, powers and duties of the committees; (f) prescribe powers and functions of the Director and Deputy Director; (g) provide for the enrolment of students; (h) provide for the admission of students of other universities or educational establishments, or persons who have completed training courses for the purposes of professional associations or practical work, to a corresponding status in the Institute with or without examination; (j) provide for the admission of graduates of other universities or educational establishments to a corresponding degree or diploma of the Institute; (k) provide for the promotion, development and organisation of the teaching and research of the Institute; (m) provide for the accrediting of educational and training courses and programs offered by the Institute and the conferring of degrees, diplomas, certificates and honours and honorary and other awards by the Institute; (n) provide for the granting of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries and prizes by the Institute; (p) provide for the establishment, management and control of cultural centres, libraries and museums by the Institute or in connection with the operations of the Institute; (q) provide for the establishment, management and control of halls of residence and other accommodation provided by the Institute; (r) prescribe the manner by which the Institute is to affiliate or otherwise associate with an educational or research establishment, whether in the Territory or elsewhere; (s) provide for the control and investment of the property of or held by or in the custody, management or control of the Institute, including property held on trust or subject to a condition; (t) provide for the use of personal property of or under the control of the Institute and its protection from damage or misuse;