Part 1Preliminary matters

Part 1 Preliminary matters Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999 2 Council means the Council of the Institute established by section 9. Council committee means the Nominations Committee or a committee established under section 23. Director means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 27. Education Agency means the Agency with primary responsibility for the administration of the Education Act 2015. elected Council member means a member of the Council mentioned in section 11(1)(d) or (e). entity includes an Institute entity. graduate means a member of a class of persons determined under the By-laws to be graduates for this Act. indigenous people means people who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. Institute means the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education established by section 4. Institute entity means the Council, a Council committee or the Board. Nominations Committee means the committee established by section 22(1). northern region of the Territory means the area of the Territory above the 17th parallel of south latitude (which lies approximately 61 km north of Elliott). rules means rules made under section 51. southern region of the Territory means the area of the Territory below the 17th parallel of south latitude (which lies approximately 61 km north of Elliott). staff means the Director, Deputy Director, academic or other salaried staff of the Institute or any other personnel employed by the Institute. student means a person enrolled as a student of the Institute. Note for subsection (1) The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act.

Part 2 Institute Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999 3 (2) In this Act: (a) a reference to the Chairperson of an Institute entity includes a reference to a member of the Institute entity acting in, or performing the duties of, the Chairperson; and (b) a reference to the Director includes a reference to the Deputy Director acting as, or performing the functions of, the Director as mentioned in section 28(3). (3) A reference in this Act to the term of office of a member of an Institute entity includes a reference to: (a) in relation to a member who vacates his or her office before the expiry of his or her term of office – the part of the term served by that member; and (b) in relation to a member appointed to fill a vacancy under section 17(1) – the part of the term served by that member. Part 2 Institute 4 Establishment of Institute (1) The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education is established. (2) The Institute: (a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and (b) has a common seal; and (c) is capable, in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and disposing of real, leasehold and personal property and of suing and being sued. (3) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the common seal of the Institute affixed to a document and must presume that it was duly affixed.