(b) resigns their office by written notice given to the Minister; or
(c) is a person in respect of whom an administration order is in force under Part 6 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990; or
(d) is, according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or
(e) is convicted of an indictable offence; or
(ea) is removed from office by the Council under section 10AA; or
(eb) is, or becomes, disqualified from managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
(f) is absent without leave of the Council from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council; or
(g) ceases to hold the qualification required under section 9 for being a member, and in particular —
(i) in the case of a person elected under section 9(1)(c), they cease to be a member of the academic staff; or
(ii) in the case of a person elected under section 9(1)(d), they cease to be an enrolled student; or
(iii) in the case of a person elected under section 9(1)(e), they cease to be a member of the non-academic salaried staff,
their office becomes vacant and must be filled as a casual vacancy in accordance with section 10A.
[Section 10 amended: No. 49 of 1971 s. 4; No. 37 of 1981 s. 9; No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 24 of 1990 s. 123; No. 8 of 2005 s. 8; No. 18 of 2009 s. 28(2); No. 32 of 2016 s. 15.]
10AA. Removal of members for breach of certain duties and suspension pending removal
(a) remove from office a member for breach of a duty mentioned in Schedule 1A clause 1(1), 2(1) or 3;
(b) suspend from office a member who is alleged to have breached a duty mentioned in Schedule 1A clause 1(1), 2(1) or 3 until the motion for removal is put to the vote.
(2) The removal or suspension from office may be effected only at a meeting of the Council of which notice (including notice of the motion that the member concerned be removed or suspended from office for breach of duty) was duly given.
(3) Despite section 13(1), the removal or suspension of a member from office may be effected only if the motion for removal or suspension is supported by a majority comprising enough of the members for the time being for their number to be at least two‑thirds of the total number of offices (whether vacant or not) of member.
(4) The motion for removal or suspension must not be put to the vote of the meeting unless the member concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity to reply to the motion at the meeting, either orally or in writing.
(5) If the member to whom the motion for removal or suspension refers does not attend the meeting, a reasonable opportunity to reply to the motion is to be taken to have been given if notice of the meeting has been duly given.
(6) The Council cannot remove or suspend from office a member for breach of a duty mentioned in Schedule 1A clause 1(1), 2(1) or 3 except in accordance with this section.
(7) A person must not vote on any question relating to the person’s removal or suspension from office by the Council for the breach of a duty mentioned in Schedule 1A clause 1(1), 2(1) or 3, or be present while the matter is being considered at a meeting.
(8) This section applies only in relation to a breach of a duty mentioned in Schedule 1A clause 1(1), 2(1) or 3 that occurs after the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2005 comes into operation.
(9) A person does not breach a duty mentioned in Schedule 1A clause 1(1)(a), (b) or (c) by doing or omitting to do anything in compliance with a direction given to the person in exercise of a power conferred by a written law.
(10) Subsection (9) does not extend to the manner in which a thing is done or omitted if it is done or omitted in a manner that is contrary to Schedule 1A clause 1(1)(a), (b) or (c) and the direction did not require that it be done in that manner.
(11) The suspension from office of a member does not create a vacancy in that office.
[Section 10AA inserted: No. 8 of 2005 s. 9; amended: No. 32 of 2016 s. 16.]
10A. Casual vacancies
If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of a member, the vacancy is to be filled in the same manner as if that member’s term of office had expired.
[Section 10A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 17.]
11. Meetings of Council
(1) The Chancellor shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he is present.
(2) The members shall from time to time as occasion arises —
(a) elect a person, whether a member or not, to be the Chancellor of the University for a term not exceeding 3 years;
(b) elect one of its members to be the Pro‑Chancellor of the University for a term not exceeding 3 years.
(3) At any meeting of the Council at which —
(a) the Chancellor is not present, the Pro‑Chancellor of the University shall preside at the meeting;
(b) the Chancellor and the Pro‑Chancellor of the University are not present, the members present at the meeting shall elect a member to preside at that meeting,
and while so presiding the Pro‑Chancellor of the University or the member, as the case may be, has all the powers and duties of the Chancellor.
(4) Subject to the Statutes, the Council shall hold such meetings thereof as are necessary for the performance of its functions.
(5) Subject to the Statutes, the Chancellor may at any time convene a meeting of the Council and shall convene a meeting when requested in writing by the Minister to do so or when so requested by any 3 members.
(6) Subject to this Act and the Statutes the Council may regulate its own procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.
[Section 11 amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 32 of 2016 s. 18.]
12. Disclosure of interests
Schedule 1A Division 2 has effect.
[Section 12 inserted: No. 8 of 2005 s. 10.]
13. Quorum
(1) At a meeting of the Council —
(a) not less than one‑half of the total number of members for the time being forms a quorum;
(b) a question arising at the meeting shall be determined by a majority of the valid votes of the members present.
(2) No act or thing done by the Council is invalidated, prejudiced or affected by reason of any vacancy in the membership of the Council or any failure to appoint or elect any member, or any defect in the appointment or election of any member so long as a quorum of the Council remains.
[Section 13 amended: No. 59 of 1982 s. 6.]
14A. Remuneration and allowances for Council members
(1) A member of the Council is entitled to be paid the remuneration (if any) and allowances (if any) determined by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal under the Salaries and Allowances Act 1975.
(2) Any remuneration and allowances payable —
(a) are, for the purposes of section 23(3), expenditure incurred by the Council for the purposes of giving effect to this Act; and
(b) are to be paid out of the funds of the University.
[Section 14A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 19.]
14. Vice‑Chancellor
(1) The Council must appoint a Vice‑Chancellor.
(2) The Vice‑Chancellor is the chief executive officer of the University.
(3) The Vice‑Chancellor holds office for the period and on the conditions the Council determines.
(4) The Vice‑Chancellor has the powers and duties prescribed by Statute and, unless otherwise expressly provided by Statute, the Vice‑Chancellor may delegate any of those powers and duties to any person or committee of persons.
(5) In addition to or instead of the title of Vice‑Chancellor, the Vice‑Chancellor may use any other title that is —
(a) approved by the Council; or
(b) prescribed by Statute.
(6) The use by the Vice‑Chancellor, in accordance with subsection (5), of any title in addition to or instead of the title of Vice‑Chancellor does not affect the validity of anything done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to the Vice‑Chancellor.
[Section 14 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 20.]
15. Delegation by Council
(a) in relation to any matter or class of matters, or in relation to any activity or function of the University, by resolution delegate all or any of its powers, authorities, duties and functions under this Act, except its powers in relation to the making of Statutes or by‑laws, to —
(i) any member; or
(ii) a committee, council or other body of the University; or
(iii) any officer of the University;
and
(b) in relation to any matter or class of matters affecting the Kalgoorlie Campus, or in relation to any activity or function of the Kalgoorlie Campus, by resolution delegate all or any of its powers, authorities, duties and functions under this Act, except its powers in relation to the making of Statutes or by‑laws, to the Kalgoorlie Campus Council.
(2) The Council may by resolution revoke a delegation given under this section.
(3) A resolution delegating a power, authority, duty or function may authorise the delegate to further delegate the delegated power, authority, duty or function to a person or body.
(4) A subdelegation under this section must be in writing.
(5) The Interpretation Act 1984 sections 58 and 59 apply to and in relation to a subdelegation under this section in the same way that they apply to and in relation to a delegation given under this section.
[Section 15 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 20.]
16. Power of management of Council
Subject to this Act, the Council has the management and control of the property and affairs of the University and may do all such acts and things as it may think best calculated to promote the interests of the University.
[Section 16 amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11.]
17. Power of Council to appoint and dismiss staff
Subject to this Act, any relevant written law and any relevant industrial award or industrial agreement, the Council may appoint, suspend and terminate the appointment of any member of the staff of the University, whether a member of the academic or non‑academic staff and any such appointment shall be upon such terms and conditions as the Council thinks fit.
[Section 17 amended: No. 31 of 1974 s. 4; No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 32 of 2016 s. 21.]
17A. Power of University to provide residential accommodation for staff and students
(1) The University may provide residential accommodation for staff of the University, or enrolled students, or both.
(2) The restrictions imposed by section 5(2)(ea) do not apply to the lease of any part of the land referred to in section 5(2)(ea) if the purpose of the lease is the provision of residential accommodation in accordance with this section.
[Section 17A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 22.]
18. Power to award degrees, diplomas etc.
(1) Subject to this Act, the Council may award —
(a) appropriate degrees, diplomas and certificates; and
(b) appropriate honorary awards.
(2) Any degree, diploma or certificate or honorary award of the University awarded by the Council shall be evidenced by a certificate given under the graduation seal of the University.
[Section 18 amended: No. 57 of 1970 s. 4; No. 31 of 1974 s. 5; No. 96 of 1986 s. 11.]
[19. Deleted: No. 59 of 1982 s. 8.]
20. Vesting and control of certain land
(1) The land described in Schedule 1 (in this section called the University land) shall be vested as provided in Schedule 1 in the University for the purposes of the University and for purposes incidental thereto.
(2) When the University land ceases to be used for the purposes of or incidental to the University, it shall revert to and revest in the State.
[(3) deleted]
(4) Section 22D affects subsection (2).
[Section 20 amended: No. 37 of 1968 s. 2; No. 31 of 1974 s. 6; No. 96 of 1986 s. 8 and 11; No. 35 of 1996 s. 7; No. 32 of 2016 s. 23.]
20A. By‑laws
authorised person means —
(a) a police officer; or
(b) the Vice‑Chancellor; or
(c) a member of the staff of the University, or a contractor, who is authorised under subsection (2A) for the purposes of the provision of this section in which the term is used;
contractor means —
(a) an individual who works under a contract for services for the University; or
(b) an employee of a body that provides services to the University under a contract;
University lands means —
(a) land described in Schedule 1; and
(b) any other land vested in, held by, leased to or under the care, control and management of the University for the purposes of this Act; and
(c) all buildings, structures and erections of whatsoever kind or nature and whether permanent or temporary standing or being on land referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2A) The Vice‑Chancellor may, in writing —
(a) designate a member of the staff of the University to be an authorised person for the purposes of either or both of subsection (2)(k) or (4); and
(b) authorise a contractor to be an authorised person for the purposes of either or both of subsection (2)(k) or (4); and
(c) revoke a designation or authorisation made under this subsection.
(2B) A designation or authorisation of a person under subsection (2A) ceases to have effect if —
(a) the designation or authorisation is revoked; or
(b) the person ceases to be a member of the staff of the University or a contractor.
(2) The University may, with the approval of the Governor, make by‑laws for the purpose of managing, preserving, and protecting University lands and for the purpose of regulating the terms and conditions on which such lands may be visited or used by any persons whomsoever, and the conduct of such persons when on or upon such lands, and in particular may by by‑laws —
(a) prohibit or regulate the admission to such lands of persons, vehicles, or animals; and
(b) prescribe the times when and the purposes for which such lands may be used, and the times when and the purposes for which the same shall be open or closed, and prohibit the use thereof or access thereto at any other times, or for any other purpose; and
(c) prescribe fees to be charged to all or any persons for admission to or use of such lands; and
(d) provide for the issue to all or any persons using such lands of tickets and requiring the production of such tickets by such persons if and whenever required by any police officer, or any member of the staff of the University; and
(e) regulate the conduct of persons using or being in or upon such lands; and
(f) prohibit any nuisance, or any offensive, indecent, or improper act, conduct, or behaviour on such lands; and
(g) prohibit the use of abusive or insulting language on such lands; and
(h) prohibit damage or injury to or interference with such lands; or any tree, shrub, hedge, plant, or flower thereon, or any fixed or movable article thereon; and
(i) prohibit the writing or printing of any indecent words, or the writing, printing, or drawing, or affixing of any indecent or obscene picture or representation on such lands, or on any fence, wall, tree, shrub, or hedge thereon; and
(j) prescribe, in respect of an alleged breach of the by‑laws involving a vehicle, the circumstances under which the owner of the vehicle is deemed to be the driver or person in charge of the vehicle at the time of the alleged breach; and
(k) prescribe the circumstances under which an authorised person may remove a vehicle, or cause it to be removed, from University lands to a specified place, prescribe his further powers in relation thereto, prescribe the scale of charges to be paid to recover the vehicle from that place, and authorise the University to hold the vehicle until the prescribed charges are paid; and
(l) prescribe a modified penalty or modified penalties payable to the University by a person or one of a class of persons who does not contest an allegation that he committed any specified breach of the by‑laws, and provide that the due payment of a modified penalty is a defence to a charge of the breach in respect of which that modified penalty was paid; and
(m) authorise any police officer or any member of the staff of the University to remove from such lands all persons guilty of any breach of a by‑law, and to prohibit the obstruction of any such police officer or member of the staff; and
(n) require any person using such lands to give his name and address, whenever required so to do by any police officer, or any member of the staff of the University; and
(o) generally provide for carrying out the purposes of this Act, or any Statute,
but no such by‑law shall be contrary to the express provisions of this Act or of any Statute.
(3) The by‑laws —
(a) may be limited in their application to time, place, or circumstance; and
(b) may provide that any act or thing shall be done with the approval or to the satisfaction of a specified person or class of persons and may confer a discretionary authority.
(4) Any by‑law may impose a penalty not exceeding $1 000 for any breach thereof and proceedings for the recovery of such penalty may be taken by any authorised person in his own name; but all pecuniary penalties shall be appropriated and paid to the University for its use.
(5) In any proceedings for any contravention of any by‑law the allegation in the prosecution notice that any place was on University lands shall be sufficient evidence of the fact alleged in the absence of proof to the contrary.
(6) No by‑law takes away or restricts any liability, civil or criminal, arising under any provision of any Act other than this Act or at common law.
(7) A breach of a by‑law by an enrolled student is a disciplinary offence proceedings for which may be commenced, heard, and determined under the disciplinary Statutes, by‑laws, and rules of the University instead of before a court of summary jurisdiction.
(8A) By‑laws made under this section apply to and in respect of University lands that are leased (whether under an approval given under section 22I or otherwise) except to the extent that the application of the by‑laws, or any provision of a by‑law, to the leased lands is expressly excluded by the lease.
(8) Any act, matter, or thing for or with respect to which provision is made in this section, made, done, or executed before the coming into operation of the Western Australian Institute of Technology Act Amendment Act 1974 which would have been lawful if that Act had been in force at the time such act, matter, or thing was made, done, or executed is hereby validated.
[Section 20A inserted: No. 31 of 1974 s. 7; amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 78 of 1995 s. 31; No. 35 of 1996 s. 8 and 33; No. 84 of 2004 s. 80; No. 32 of 2016 s. 24.]
21. Powers of Council
Subject to this Act and the Statutes, the Council —
(a) may provide such courses of education as it thinks fit and may in accordance with this Act award appropriate degrees, diplomas and certificates or honorary awards; and
(b) may from time to time appoint persons to the staff of the University and other officers and engage employees for the University; and
(c) has the entire control and management of the affairs, concerns and property of the University; and
[(d) deleted]
(e) may act in all matters concerning the University in such manner as appears to it best calculated to promote the objects and interests of the University.
[Section 21 amended: No. 57 of 1970 s. 5; No. 96 of 1986 s. 9 and 11; No. 48 of 1989 s. 13; No. 32 of 2016 s. 25.]
21AA. Relief of members from liability
If, in any civil proceeding against a person who is or was a member for negligence, default, breach of trust or breach of duty in the person’s capacity as a member, it appears to the court that the person —
(a) is, or may be, liable in respect of the negligence, default or breach; and
(b) has acted honestly; and
(c) ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default or breach having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including those connected with the person’s appointment,
the court may relieve the person either wholly or partly from liability on such terms as the court thinks fit.
[Section 21AA inserted: No. 8 of 2005 s. 11.]
[Division 2A (s. 21A-21G) deleted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 26.]
Division 2B — Kalgoorlie Campus
[Heading inserted: No. 35 of 1996 s. 10.]
21H. Terms used
In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears —
Kalgoorlie Campus means the educational facility established under section 21I;
Kalgoorlie Campus Council means the body established under section 21K.
[Section 21H inserted: No. 35 of 1996 s. 10; amended: No. 32 of 2016 s. 27.]
21I. Kalgoorlie Campus
(1) The Council is to maintain the educational facility at Kalgoorlie established as part of the University and known as the Curtin University — Kalgoorlie Campus.
(2) The Kalgoorlie Campus —
(a) must include a School of Mines known as the Western Australian School of Mines; and
(b) may include any other facilities that are for the purposes of the University or a purpose that is incidental to the purposes of the University.
(3) It is not necessary for all of the facilities or operations of the Western Australian School of Mines to be located on the Kalgoorlie Campus.
[Section 21I inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 28.]
21J. Functions of Kalgoorlie Campus
In addition to the functions of the University specified under section 7, the functions of the Kalgoorlie Campus include the following —
[(a) deleted]
(b) to aid the advancement, development, and practical application to industry, commerce and the community, of knowledge and technology; and
(c) to contribute to the general cultural development of the community in the south‑east region of the State; and
(d) to promote international recognition of the Western Australian School of Mines; and
(e) to provide such facilities relating to the functions set out in this section as the Council thinks necessary for or conducive to those functions; and
(f) to encourage community use of the Kalgoorlie Campus facilities.
[Section 21J inserted: No. 35 of 1996 s. 10; amended: No. 32 of 2016 s. 29.]
21K. Kalgoorlie Campus Council
A body by the name of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council is established.
[Section 21K inserted: No. 35 of 1996 s. 10.]
21L. Functions of Kalgoorlie Campus Council
(1) The Kalgoorlie Campus Council must act in all matters concerning the Kalgoorlie Campus in the manner that appears most likely to the Council to promote the objects and interests of the Kalgoorlie Campus and the University.
(2) The Kalgoorlie Campus Council has the following governance functions —
(a) to advise the Council on the promotion, development and coordination of the courses and programmes that are offered or to be offered by the Kalgoorlie Campus and that are, or some of which are, offered or to be offered elsewhere by the University;
(b) to develop a strategic plan for the Kalgoorlie Campus for the approval of the Council, and review and monitor the implementation of the approved strategic plan, in accordance with any direction given to it by the Council;
(c) to promote the activities carried out on the Kalgoorlie Campus in the communities in which the Campus operates and with relevant government and non‑government agencies;
(d) to monitor the staffing, infrastructure development and financial management of the Kalgoorlie Campus.
(3) The Kalgoorlie Campus Council also has the following functions —
(a) to comply with any direction given to it by the Council, including any direction to prepare and provide to the Council a report;
(b) not later than 2 months after each 31 December, to prepare and provide to the Council a report of the operations of the Kalgoorlie Campus during the period of 12 months immediately before that day.
[Section 21L inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 30.]
21M. Membership of Kalgoorlie Campus Council
(1) The Kalgoorlie Campus Council consists of the following members —
(a) a member of the Council who is appointed by the Minister to be chairperson of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council;
(b) 5 persons who are appointed by the Minister and who are representative of education, the professions, or industrial, commercial or community interests;
(c) one person who is appointed by the Minister and who is representative of vocational education and training interests;
(d) the person appointed to be responsible for the management of higher education at the Kalgoorlie Campus;
(e) the member of the staff of the Kalgoorlie Campus who is responsible for academic and administrative leadership at the Kalgoorlie Campus;
(f) a member of the higher education academic staff of the Kalgoorlie Campus and who is appointed by the Council of the University;
(g) a member of the general staff (other than the academic staff) of the Kalgoorlie Campus and who is appointed by the Council of the University;
(h) an enrolled student of the Kalgoorlie Campus and who is appointed by the Council of the University;
(i) the Vice‑Chancellor or a person nominated in writing by the Vice‑Chancellor;
(j) not more than 3 persons appointed from time to time by co‑option by the Kalgoorlie Campus Council, but a person whose sole or principal employment is that of a member of the staff of the University may not be so appointed.
(2) The Minister must endeavour to ensure that at least one of the persons appointed under subsection (1)(b) is a resident of the Esperance region.
[Section 21M inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 30.]
21N. Constitution and proceedings
The provisions of Schedule 2 have effect with respect to the constitution and proceedings of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council.
[Section 21N inserted: No. 35 of 1996 s. 10.]
[21O. Deleted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 31.]
21PA. Remuneration and allowances for Kalgoorlie Campus Council members
(1) A member of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council is entitled to be paid the remuneration (if any) and allowances (if any) determined by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal under the Salaries and Allowances Act 1975.
(2) Any remuneration and allowances payable —
(a) are, for the purposes of section 23(3), expenditure incurred by the Council for the purposes of giving effect to this Act; and
(b) are to be paid out of the funds of the University.
[Section 21PA inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 31.]
21P. Delegation by Kalgoorlie Campus Council
(1) The Kalgoorlie Campus Council may by resolution delegate any of its functions to —
(a) any member of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council; or
(b) a committee of persons appointed by the Kalgoorlie Campus Council; or
(c) any other person.
(2) The Kalgoorlie Campus Council may by resolution revoke a delegation given under this section.
(3) A resolution delegating a function may authorise the delegate to further delegate the delegated function to a person or body.
(4) A subdelegation under this section must be in writing.
(5) The Interpretation Act 1984 sections 58 and 59 apply to and in relation to a subdelegation under this section in the same way that they apply to and in relation to a delegation given under this section.
[Section 21P inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 31.]
Division 2C — Leasing University land for commercial purposes
Subdivision 1 — Preliminary
22A. Terms used
In this Division —
advance determination means an advance determination granted under section 22H;
approval means an approval granted under section 22I;
commercial arrangement means any of the following —
(a) a company;
(b) a partnership;
(c) a trust;
(d) a joint venture;
(e) an arrangement for sharing profits;
(f) an arrangement for sponsorship;
commercial purpose means obtaining income for the University through the leasing of University land, if the land is not leased for the purposes of the University or a purpose that is incidental to the purposes of the University;
lease includes sublease;
limited company has the meaning given in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) section 9;
participate includes form, promote, establish, enter into, manage, dissolve and wind‑up;
participate in a commercial arrangement includes —
(a) acquire, hold and dispose of shares, units or other interests in, or relating to, a commercial arrangement; and
(b) exercise any right conferred on the University to appoint a director of, or hold office in, a commercial arrangement; and
(c) do anything incidental to participating in a commercial arrangement;
payment agreement means an agreement made under section 22L;
university development proposal means a proposal in respect of which the University intends to seek an approval under section 22I to do either or both of the things set out in section 22D(1);
University land means land vested in the University under section 20 or 31.
[Section 22A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22B. Object of this Division
The object of this Division is to enable the University to seek and obtain the Minister’s approval to lease University land for purposes that would not otherwise be authorised by this Act.
[Section 22B inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22C. Effect of Division on University functions, powers and obligations
(1) This Division does not limit —
(a) sections 5 and 7; or
(b) any function, power, right, privilege, immunity or obligation of the University under —
(i) this Act, another written law or a law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory; or
(ii) the principles and rules of common law and equity to the extent that they have effect in this State from time to time.
(2) Nothing in this Division is to be taken to impose any requirement on the University to seek or obtain the Minister’s approval to lease any University land.
(3) Nothing in this Division affects the University’s obligation under section 5(2)(ea) to obtain the Minister’s approval to the grant of a lease for a term that exceeds 21 years.
[Section 22C inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
Subdivision 2 — Power to lease University land for commercial purposes
22D. University may lease University land for commercial purposes with Ministerial approval
(1) With the approval of the Minister, the University can —
(a) enter into a transaction that has a commercial purpose; or
(b) participate, in the State or elsewhere, in any commercial arrangement that has a commercial purpose.
(2) An approval can authorise the University to enter into a transaction, or participate in a commercial arrangement, either —
(a) directly; or
(b) through a wholly‑owned subsidiary (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) section 9) of the University.
(3) An approval to lease University land can be granted on the basis that subleases of that land (whether all subleases, or only subleases of a particular class or granted in particular circumstances) can be granted without the need to seek or obtain an approval to the granting of those subleases.
(4) Subsection (3) is subject to any conditions attached to the approval.
(5) An approval —
(a) confers power, for the purposes of this Act, on the University to do the thing authorised by the approval; but
(b) does not exempt the University or any other person from compliance with, or authorise the University or any other person to do or omit to do anything contrary to —
(i) any other written law or any law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory; or
(ii) any obligation of the University or any other person, however that obligation arises.
[Section 22D inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22E. Effect of approval to lease University land
(1) To the extent that an approval authorises the University to lease University land, land leased in accordance with the approval is to be taken to be used for the purposes of the University or for purposes incidental to the purposes of the University for the purposes of —
(a) compliance with any conditions, restrictions or limitations (however arising) attaching to the vesting of that land in the University or the holding, care, control or management, by the University, of that land; and
(b) any provision of any written law (including, without limitation, section 20(2)) that specifies that something is to happen or not to happen, or provides for some other consequence, if that land is not used, or ceases to be used, for the purposes of the University or for purposes incidental to the purposes of the University.
(2) The Land Tax Assessment Act 2002 section 33 overrides this section.
[Section 22E inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22F. Approval in principle of university development proposal
(1) The University may apply to the Minister for the approval in principle of a university development proposal.
(2) The university development proposal submitted for approval in principle must describe what the University intends to seek an approval under section 22I for, including —
(a) details of the University land that is to be leased; and
(b) the purpose for which the land is to be leased.
(3) If the University applies for an approval in principle —
(a) the application must be made in the manner and form, and contain the information, that the Minister requires; and
(b) the Minister may request the University to provide any additional information that the Minister considers necessary for the proper consideration of the application; and
(c) the Minister may grant or refuse to grant the approval in principle.
(4) The Minister must —
(a) notify the University in writing of the Minister’s decision on the application; and
(b) if the decision is to refuse to grant the approval in principle, include in that notification the reasons for the refusal.
[Section 22F inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22G. Application for advance determination of approval
(1) The University may apply to the Minister for a determination that, if an application is made for an approval under section 22I in relation to a university development proposal, the approval will be granted.
(2) In order to apply for an advance determination, it is not necessary that the University has applied for or obtained an approval in principle under section 22F in relation to the university development proposal.
(3) The university development proposal submitted for advance determination must describe the transaction or commercial arrangement for which the University intends to seek an approval under section 22I, including —
(a) details of the University land that is to be leased; and
(b) the purpose for which the land is to be leased; and
(c) the financial details of the proposal, including the amount of the investment to be made by the University, the proposed lessee and any other parties involved.
(4) If approval in principle was previously obtained under section 22F in relation to the proposal, the application for the advance determination must identify any material difference between the proposal approved in principle and the proposal submitted for advance determination.
(5) If the University applies for an advance determination —
(a) the application —
(i) must be made in the manner and form, and contain the information, that the Minister requires; and
(ii) if required by the Minister, must be accompanied by a payment agreement;
and
(b) the Minister may request the University to provide any additional information that the Minister considers necessary for the proper consideration of the application.
[Section 22G inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22H. Advance determination of approval
(1) If the University applies under section 22G for an advance determination in relation to a university development proposal, the Minister may grant or refuse to grant the advance determination.
(2) The Minister must grant the advance determination if —
(a) approval in principle was previously obtained under section 22F in relation to the proposal; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that, in respect of the matters referred to in section 22F(2)(a) and (b), there is no material difference between the proposal approved in principle and the proposal submitted for advance determination; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied with the application submitted in relation to the proposal.
(3) The Minister must —
(a) notify the University in writing of the Minister’s decision on the application; and
(b) if the decision is to refuse to grant the advance determination, include in that notification the reasons for the refusal.
(4) In granting an advance determination, the Minister may specify a time after which the advance determination lapses.
(5) Before the advance determination lapses, the Minister may, at the request of the University, by notice in writing to the University, extend the period for which the advance determination is to be in force.
[Section 22H inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22I. Approvals
(1) The University may apply to the Minister for approval to do either or both of the things set out in section 22D(1).
(2) If the University applies for an approval —
(a) the application —
(i) must be made in the manner and form, and contain the information, that the Minister requires; and
(ii) if required by the Minister, must be accompanied by a payment agreement;
and
(b) the Minister may request the University to provide any additional information that the Minister considers necessary for the proper consideration of the application.
(3) In order to apply for an approval, it is not necessary that the University has applied for or obtained an approval in principle under section 22F, or an advance determination, in relation to the matter for which the approval is sought.
(4) The Minister may grant or refuse to grant the approval.
(5) However, the Minister must grant the approval if the Minister is satisfied that —
(a) an advance determination is in force in respect of the matter for which the approval is sought; and
(b) there is no material deviation from the application for the advance determination.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(b), there is a material deviation from the application for the advance determination if any of the following changes have occurred —
(a) the total area of University land that is to be leased has increased by 20% or more;
(b) the amount of the investment to be made by the University has increased or decreased by 20% or more.
[Section 22I inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22J. Notification of decision on application for approval
(1) The Minister must —
(a) notify the University in writing of the Minister’s decision on an application for an approval; and
(b) if the decision is to refuse to grant the approval, include in that notification the reasons for the refusal.
(2) The Minister may attach conditions to an approval, and those conditions must be specified in the approval.
[Section 22J inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22K. Alteration of approval
(1) The Minister may, at the request of the University, vary or revoke the conditions attached to an approval or attach new or additional conditions.
(2) The Minister cannot make changes to the terms of an approval under subsection (1) unless the University agrees to the changes, but —
(a) the Minister is not obliged to make any or all of the changes requested by the University; and
(b) the Minister may propose variations, alternatives or additions to the changes requested by the University; and
(c) the Minister may refuse to change the terms of an approval unless the University agrees to variations, alternatives or additions proposed by the Minister.
[Section 22K inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22L. Payment agreements
(1) If the University intends to apply for an advance determination or an approval, the Minister may enter into a written agreement with the University for the University to reimburse the State for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Minister in considering the application.
(2) If permitted by the regulations, those costs and expenses may include the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by, or by the Minister on behalf of, any person or body appointed to consider and report to the Minister on the application.
(3) Regulations may make provision for and in relation to a payment agreement, including in connection with —
(a) the ambit of an agreement;
(b) the making of an agreement;
(c) the costs and expenses to be paid under an agreement, including as to the method of calculating the costs and expenses;
(d) the methods for resolving any dispute about the costs and expenses that are to be paid under the agreement.
[Section 22L inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
22M. Minister may delegate functions under this Division
Department means the Department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act.
(2) The Minister may delegate to the chief executive officer of the Department all or any of the functions that the Minister has under this Division, other than this power of delegation.
(3) A delegation made under subsection (2) must be in writing signed by the Minister.
(4) If the chief executive officer performs a function that has been delegated to the chief executive officer under this section, the chief executive officer is to be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary is shown.
(5) Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Minister to perform a function through an officer or agent.
[Section 22M inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 32.]
Division 3 — Financial provisions
22. Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006
(1) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006 and the Auditor General Act 2006 regulating the financial administration, audit and reporting of statutory authorities apply to and in respect of the University and its operations.
[(2) deleted]
(3) Notwithstanding the Financial Management Act 2006, the financial year of the Council shall end on 31 December.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006 —
(a) sections 13, 14 and 40 do not have effect in relation to the University; and
(b) section 78(1) of that Act has effect in relation to the University as if it had been enacted in the following form —
“
(1) The Treasurer may issue, amend or revoke instructions concerning —
(a) the annual report required to be prepared under Part 5; and
(b) the establishment and keeping of the accounts of statutory authorities, including the accounts of subsidiary bodies and related bodies; and
(c) the form and content of financial statements and reports on the operations of statutory authorities and their subsidiary bodies and related bodies, including information to be disclosed in respect of affiliated bodies; and
(d) the preparation of key performance indicators of statutory authorities and their subsidiary bodies and related bodies.
”.
[Section 22 inserted: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3; amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 32 of 1991 s. 2; No. 35 of 1996 s. 36; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 42(1)-(3).]
23. Funds of University
(1) The funds available to the Council for the purpose of enabling it to exercise its powers, authorities, duties and functions under this Act are —
(a) moneys from time to time appropriated by Parliament for that purpose; and
(b) moneys received by the Council by way of fees, charges, gifts, bequests or otherwise whether paid or made to the University or the Council; and
(ca) moneys received by the Council or the University, where the moneys are derived from something that the University is authorised to do by an approval granted under section 22I; and
(c) moneys borrowed by the University under this Act; and
(d) moneys made available to the Council or the University for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The moneys referred to in subsection (1) are to be credited to —
(a) an agency special purpose account established under section 16 of the Financial Management Act 2006; or
(b) an account or accounts established at a bank (as defined in section 3 of that Act) or accounts established at banks.
(2a) The account, or each account, established for the purposes of subsection (2) is to be called the Curtin University Account.
(3) All expenditure incurred by the Council for the purposes of giving effect to this Act, including the repayment of moneys borrowed by or advanced to the University in accordance with this Act, is to be charged to an account referred to in subsection (2).
[Section 23 amended: No. 57 of 1969 s. 4; No. 37 of 1981 s. 11; No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 49 of 1996 s. 52 and 64; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 42(4); No. 32 of 2016 s. 33.]
24. Borrowing and other ways of raising money
debt paper means inscribed stock, bonds, debentures with coupons annexed, bills of exchange, promissory notes or bearer securities, or other similar instruments evidencing indebtedness.
(2) The University may do all or any of the following —
(a) borrow money;
(b) obtain credit;
(c) issue, acquire, hold or dispose of debt paper;
(d) create and issue capital instruments;
(e) arrange for financial accommodation to be extended to the University.
(3) Capital instruments created and issued by the University under subsection (2)(d) —
(a) may be described in any way determined by the University; and
(b) are to be created and issued on whatever terms the University determines.
(4) The University must keep whatever registers for the purposes of this section as are prescribed by regulations made under this Act.
[Section 24 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 34.]
25A. Notice of borrowing
(1) If the University intends to borrow money and seek a guarantee under section 25B in respect of that borrowing, the University must —
(a) give the Minister reasonable advance notice of its intention to borrow that money and to seek a guarantee; and
(b) notify the Minister of the outcome of the University’s application to borrow that money.
(2) A liability of the University is not unenforceable or in any way affected by the University’s failure to comply with subsection (1).
[Section 25A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 34.]
25B. Guarantees
(1) The Treasurer, on the Minister’s recommendation, may guarantee the performance by the University in the State or elsewhere, of any financial obligation of the University.
(2) A guarantee —
(a) is given in the name and on behalf of the State; and
(b) must be in the form, and contain the terms and conditions, that the Treasurer determines; and
(c) without limiting paragraph (b), must be subject to the condition that the person for whose benefit the guarantee is given must not, without the consent in writing of the Treasurer, assign or encumber the benefit of the guarantee.
(3) Before a guarantee is given, the University must —
(a) give the Treasurer any security that the Treasurer requires; and
(b) execute all instruments that are required for that purpose.
(4) Payments made by the Treasurer under a guarantee are to be charged to the Consolidated Account, and this subsection appropriates that Account accordingly.
(5) The Treasurer must cause to be credited to the Consolidated Account any amounts received or recovered from the University or otherwise in respect of any payment made by the Treasurer under a guarantee.
[Section 25B inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 34.]
25C. Charges for guarantee
(1) The Treasurer may, from time to time, after consultation with the University, fix charges to be paid by the University in respect of a guarantee under section 25B.
(2) Payments by the University in respect of charges fixed under subsection (1) —
(a) must be made at the times, and in the instalments, that the Treasurer determines and notifies to the University; and
(b) must be credited to the Consolidated Account.
[Section 25C inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 34.]
25. Power of University to invest certain moneys
Where any money standing to the credit of the Curtin University Account is not immediately required for the purposes of this Act, the Council may invest it —
(a) where the manner in which such money may be invested is provided for in any deed, will, or other instrument under which the money is acquired, in the manner so provided;
(b) in any other case, as trust funds may be invested under Part III of the Trustees Act 1962.
[Section 25 amended: No. 37 of 1981 s. 12; No. 96 of 1986 s. 10 and 11; No. 1 of 1997 s. 18; No. 32 of 2016 s. 35.]
[26. Deleted: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3.]
Division 4 — Miscellaneous provisions
27. Governor to be Visitor
(1) The Governor is the Visitor of the University, and has the functions that Visitors usually have.
(2) In this section, the expression Governor means the Governor of the State and not the Governor acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council.
[Section 27 amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 32 of 2016 s. 36.]
[28. Deleted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 37.]
29. Preservation of rights of officers and employees
(1) Where any person appointed under section 14 or 17 was, immediately before such appointment, an officer of the Public Service of the State or an officer appointed under the Education Act 1928 1 or section 235(1)(c) of the School Education Act 1999, he shall be deemed to have retained, his accrued rights and in particular his rights, if any, under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 2 or the Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987 3.
(2) A person appointed under section 14 or 17, other than a person referred to in subsection (1), shall be deemed to have retained his accrued rights, if any, under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 2 or the Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987 3.
[Section 29 amended: No. 77 of 1985 s. 5; No. 36 of 1999 s. 247.]
[30. Deleted: No. 77 of 1985 s. 6.]
30A. Superannuation
(a) establish and maintain a superannuation scheme; or
(b) join or participate with other educational institutions in a superannuation scheme,
to make financial provision in respect of the retirement, invalidity or death of such members of the staff, officers and employees of the University as the Council decides may be members of the superannuation scheme and as become such members.
(2) The Council may —
(a) amend a superannuation scheme established under subsection (1)(a); or
(b) agree to the amendment of a superannuation scheme in which the Council has joined or participates under subsection (1)(b),
but any such amendment shall not prejudice any right that has accrued under the superannuation scheme concerned before the amendment.
(3) A member of the staff, officer or employee of the University whom the Council decides may be a member of a superannuation scheme referred to in subsection (1) is not compelled to become such a member unless he is so compelled pursuant to a condition of his appointment under section 14 or 17 but, if he is such a member he may only be a member of one such scheme and he shall not be a member of the Western Australian Institute of Technology Superannuation Scheme established under section 30A as in force before the coming into operation of section 7 of the Acts Amendment (Educational Institutions Superannuation) Act 1985 or a contributor for pension, superannuation or benefits under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 2.
[Section 30A inserted: No. 77 of 1985 s. 7; amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11.]
30B. Validation
Any act, matter or thing for or with respect to which provision is made in this Act made, done or executed before the coming into operation of the Western Australian Institute of Technology Act Amendment Act 1971 which would have been lawful if that Act had been in force at the time such act, matter or thing was made, done or executed is hereby validated.
[Section 30B inserted: No. 49 of 1971 s. 6.]
31. Power to vest certain lands in Council
(1) For the purposes of this Act the Governor shall, upon being requested by the Minister so to do, by Order in Council, vest in the University —
(a) any land reserved under Part 4 of the Land Administration Act 1997; and
(b) any land under the Land Act 1933 4 that is vested in the Minister by virtue of section 215 of the School Education Act 1999,
and on the making of the Order in Council the land shall vest accordingly.
(2) The University shall hold and use the land so vested for the purposes of this Act.
[Section 31 amended: No. 37 of 1968 s. 3; No. 96 1986 s. 11; No. 35 of 1996 s. 37; No. 31 of 1997 s. 22; No. 36 of 1999 s. 247.]
31A. Application of Land Act 1933 to land that vests under section 20 or 31 and past vestings validated etc.
(1) The Land Act 1933 4 applies to and in relation to land that vests in the University under section 20 or 31(1) as if the vesting made under either of those sections were a vesting made under section 33(2) of that Act.
(2) Land that vested, or purportedly vested, before the coming into operation of Part 3 of the Curtin University of Technology Amendment Act 1996, in the University under section 20 or 31(1) is declared to have validly vested in the University.
(3) The Land Act 1933 4 applies to and in relation to, and shall be taken always to have applied to and in relation to, land referred to in subsection (2) as if the vesting, or purported vesting, referred to in that subsection were a vesting made under section 33(2) of that Act.
(4) A lease granted by the University of land referred to in subsection (2), that would have been valid if granted after the coming into operation of Part 3 of the Curtin University of Technology Amendment Act 1996, is declared to be, and always to have been, valid.
(5) If —
(a) under the Land Act 1933 4; and
(b) before the coming into operation of Part 3 of the Curtin University of Technology Amendment Act 1996,
land was added to or excised from land referred to in subsection (2), that addition or excision of land is declared to be, and always to have been, valid.
[Section 31A inserted: No. 35 of 1996 s. 38.]
32. Application of moneys received by Council
The Council shall apply for the purposes of the University all fees and other moneys received by it under this Act or otherwise.
[Section 32 amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 11.]
33. Exemption from rate or tax
(1) No rate may be charged or levied on any property vested in the University.
(2) Subsection (1) does not operate so as to exempt property that is vested in the University, if it is leased to or occupied by any person —
(a) for any private purpose; or
(b) for a commercial purpose (as defined in section 22A) under an approval granted under section 22I.
(3) The Land Tax Assessment Act 2002 section 33 provides an exemption from land tax in respect of land owned by, vested in or held in trust for the University, in the circumstances set out in that section.
[Section 33 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 38.]
34A. Regulations
(1) The Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.
(2) Before making a recommendation under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with the Council.
[Section 34A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 38.]
Division 5 — Statutes
34. Power to make Statutes
(1) The Council may make Statutes, not inconsistent with this Act, with respect to all matters pertaining to the University and in particular may make Statutes with respect to —
(a) the management, good government and discipline of the University; and
(b) the use and custody of the common seal of the University, and the functions of the Council that may be exercised without the use of the common seal for that purpose; and
(c) the organization and supervision of the teaching of enrolled students; and
(d) the staff of the University; and
(e) the manner and time of convening, holding and adjourning the meetings of the Council, the manner of voting at those meetings, the powers and duties of the Chancellor, the conduct and record of the business, the appointment of committees of the Council and the quorum, powers and duties of those committees; and
[(ea) deleted]
(eb) the manner and time of convening, holding and adjourning the meetings of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council; the manner of voting at those meetings; the powers and duties of the chairperson of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council; the conduct and record of the business of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council; the appointment of committees of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council and the quorum, powers and duties of those committees; and
(f) the entrance standards for students; and
(g) the granting of appropriate degrees, diplomas and certificates or honorary awards by the University; and
(h) the granting of scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries and prizes; and
(i) the fees to be charged for courses of study or instruction, examinations, degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University and for such other facilities or privileges of the University as are prescribed; and
(ja) an annual amenities and services fee in accordance with section 45; and
(jb) the matters required by section 46 to be defined or prescribed by Statute; and
(j) the admission of graduates and students of other educational institutions to any corresponding status in the University without examination; and
(k) the recognition, instead of or for the purpose of any examination or course of study, of any course of study completed or examination passed in any educational institution; and
(la) the establishment by the Council of residential accommodation for staff of the University, or enrolled students, or both, and the management, control and closing of any residential accommodation; and
(l) the affiliation of residential accommodation for staff of the University, or enrolled students, or both, where the residential accommodation is not under the control of the Council; and
(m) the licensing and supervision of residential accommodation for staff of the University, or enrolled students, or both, and for the revocation of the licensing of that accommodation; and
(ma) the affiliation to or in connection with the University of any educational establishment, with the consent of the governing body of the educational establishment; and
(mb) the establishment and conduct of external teaching and educational facilities within or outside the State; and
(n) the control and investment of the property of the University; and
(o) any matter authorised or directed by this Act to be prescribed by Statute.
(1a) All fees imposed by or paid to the Council or the University before the commencement of this subsection, shall be deemed to be lawfully imposed or collected under this Act.
(1b) Without limiting any of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Council may make a Statute furthering or facilitating the objects or operation of this Act with respect to long service leave entitlements of members of the staff of the University and in particular —
(a) providing for lump sum payments instead of long service leave entitlements;
(b) providing for lump sum payments for pro rata long service leave entitlements —
(i) to members of the staff who retire after attaining the age of 60 years or through ill‑health; and
[(ii) deleted]
(iii) to other members of the staff; and
(iv) in the case of death of a member of the staff, to that person’s estate; and
(v) in relation to each class of members of the staff to prescribe the minimum qualifying continuous service,
but so that the calculation of the amounts of leave or money to any member of the staff shall be based upon the rate of salary of the member at the date of his retirement, resignation or death, as the case may be; and so that no payment that exceeds the equivalent of 12 months’ salary shall be paid under the Statute.
(1c) Without limiting any of the powers conferred by subsection (1), a Statute with respect to the discipline of the University may —
(a) prescribe disciplinary offences and disciplinary powers in relation thereto including penalties that may be imposed for the respective offences; and
(b) provide that penalties may be partly of one kind and partly of another but so that no monetary penalty for any one disciplinary offence exceeds $1 000; and
(c) prescribe circumstances under which a penalty may be modified or suspended; and
(d) provide, in addition to penalties, for restitution to the University not exceeding $1 000 for loss, damage, or destruction of University property arising out of the commission of a disciplinary offence; and
(e) prescribe rights of appeal against decisions made in the exercise or purported exercise of disciplinary powers; and
(f) prescribe the persons, classes of persons, and bodies of persons who may —
(i) make a complaint of a disciplinary offence; or
(ii) exercise all or any of the prescribed disciplinary powers; or
(iii) determine all or any appeals against decisions made in the exercise or purported exercise of disciplinary powers;
and
(g) prescribe the practice and procedure in relation to —
(i) making a complaint of a disciplinary offence; and
(ii) exercising disciplinary powers; and
(iii) determining appeals against decisions made in the exercise or purported exercise of disciplinary powers;
and
(h) prescribe the circumstances under which costs may be awarded to a person the subject of a complaint of a disciplinary offence, prescribing the persons, classes of persons, or bodies of persons who may award and fix those costs, and providing for payment thereof out of University funds; and
(i) prescribe the manner in which penalties may be enforced and, in the case of monetary penalties or amounts for restitution, recovered; and
(j) prescribe all such other matters as are necessary or expedient to be prescribed for the maintenance of the good order and discipline of the University.
(1d) Without limiting the power of delegation conferred on the Vice‑Chancellor by section 14, where a Statute, or a rule made under a Statute, with respect to the discipline of the University confers on the Vice‑Chancellor any disciplinary power or any power to hear and determine appeals from decisions made in the exercise or purported exercise of disciplinary powers or any power to award or fix costs, the Vice‑Chancellor may delegate the power to any person, class of persons, or body of persons.
(1e) A Statute or a rule made under a Statute —
(a) may be limited in its application to time, place, or circumstance; and
(b) may provide that any act or thing shall be done with the approval or to the satisfaction of a specified person or class of persons and may confer a discretionary authority.
(2) A Statute made under this section may be revoked or amended by a subsequent Statute so made.
(3) The Statutes may provide for —
(a) empowering the Council of the University to make rules, not inconsistent with this Act or with any Statute for regulating or providing for the regulation of, any specified matter with respect to which Statutes may be made, or for carrying out or giving effect to the Statutes, and any of those rules shall have the same force and effect as a Statute; and
(b) the manner of promulgation of those rules; and
(c) the revocation or amendment of any of those rules.
(4) The production of a verified copy of any rule made under subsection (3) under the common seal of the University is evidence of the making and authenticity of the rule in all courts and before all persons acting judicially.
(5) It is deemed —
(a) that the Council has always had all the powers conferred on it by this section as amended by the Western Australian Institute of Technology Act Amendment Act 1974; and
(b) that paragraph (a) of Statute 3, published in the Government Gazette on 14 January 1969 includes and has always included all the matters referred to in subsection (1c).
[Section 34 amended: No. 37 of 1968 s. 5; No. 57 of 1970 s. 6; No. 49 of 1971 s. 7; No. 31 of 1974 s. 9; No. 59 of 1982 s. 11; No. 51 of 1983 s. 15 (as amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 13); No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 35 of 1996 s. 11 and 39; No. 43 of 1998 s. 6; No. 28 of 2003 s. 44; No. 32 of 2016 s. 39.]
35. Approval, publication, disallowance and proof of Statutes
(1) A Statute made by the Council —
(a) must be sealed with the common seal of the University; and
(b) must be submitted to the Governor for approval; and
(c) if approved by the Governor, must be published in the Gazette; and
(d) takes effect on the later of —
(i) the day after publication in the Gazette; or
(ii) if a later day is specified for that purpose in the Statute, that day.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1984 section 42 applies to a Statute approved and published under subsection (1) as if the Statute were a regulation.
(3) In any proceedings in any court or before any person acting judicially, any of the following is sufficient evidence of a Statute —
(a) a copy of the Statute under the common seal of the University;
(b) a document purporting to be a copy of the Statute and to have been printed by the Government Printer;
(c) a copy of the Gazette purporting to contain a copy of the Statute.
[Section 35 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 40.]
36A. Statutes to be made readily available to public
(1) The Council must ensure that the following are readily available to the public by whatever means the Council considers appropriate —
(a) all Statutes approved and published under section 35(1);
(b) all Statutes that are in effect immediately before the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 40 comes into operation.
(2) Publication in the Gazette is not sufficient compliance with subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (1) ceases to apply to a Statute once it ceases to be in effect.
[Section 36A inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 40.]
Part 3 — Student Guild
[Heading inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 41.]
[36‑43. Deleted: No. 37 of 1981 s. 13.]
44. Student Guild
(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established, upon the making, under section 34, of the Statute referred to in subsection (4), an organized association of enrolled students by the name of the Student Guild.
(2) When established, the Student Guild shall be a body corporate by that name and under that corporate name —
(a) shall have perpetual succession; and
(b) shall have a common seal; and
(c) may sue and be sued in any court; and
(d) may do and suffer all other acts and things that bodies corporate may by law do and suffer; and
(e) shall be the recognised means of communication between enrolled students and the Council, in accordance with any Statutes that the Council makes.
(3) The primary function of the Student Guild is to further the common interests of its members.
(4) For the purposes of this section a Statute may be made —
[(a) and (b) deleted]
(c) prescribing, in addition to the function referred to in subsection (3), the powers, duties and functions of the Student Guild; and
(d) prescribing such other matters and things as are necessary or convenient for the effective exercise of the powers, duties and functions of the Student Guild.
(5) Any enrolled student is eligible to be a member of the Student Guild.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), a student becomes a member of the Student Guild upon enrolment, for the period of enrolment.
(7) A student may elect at the time of enrolment not to become a member of the Student Guild, and an enrolled student may resign at any time as a member of the Student Guild.
(7a) An enrolled student cannot hold an elective office of the Student Guild unless that enrolled student is a member of the Student Guild.
(8) No academic benefit, right or privilege shall be denied to or withheld from any enrolled student by reason of that student not being a member of the Student Guild.
(9) The University shall not act in a way that may dissuade or discourage an enrolled student, or person seeking enrolment as a student, from being or becoming a member of the Student Guild.
[Section 44 inserted: No. 37 of 1968 s. 7; amended: No. 61 of 1977 s. 10; No. 51 of 1983 s. 16 (as amended: No. 96 of 1986 s. 13); No. 96 of 1986 s. 11; No. 91 of 1994 s. 7; No. 44 of 2002 s. 4.]
45. Amenities and services fee
(1) A Statute made under section 34 may provide for an annual amenities and services fee to be payable by enrolled students, and (without limitation) for that purpose may —
(a) prescribe the procedures to be followed in setting that fee;
(b) prescribe the persons by whom the fee is payable, and exempt or provide for the exemption of persons or classes of persons from payment of the fee;
(c) provide for different levels of the fee to be payable by different classes of persons;
(d) provide for the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of the fee;
(e) prescribe terms and conditions on which any amount of the total fees collected is to be paid to the Student Guild, including conditions to be met before some or all of the amount may be paid to the Student Guild;
(f) provide for the Council to decide how the amount of the total fees collected (after deducting the amount that is paid to the Student Guild) is to be spent, after consultation by the Council with the Student Guild.
(2) This section does not limit section 34.
(3) The Council must pay to the Student Guild an amount that is not less than 50% of the total amount of the annual amenities and services fees collected.
(4) This section overrides sections 23(1)(b) and 32.
[Section 45 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 42.]
46. Council to include detail in Statute
(1) The Council shall define, by Statute —
(a) broad areas of amenities and services to which the Student Guild may apply the fees paid to it; and
(b) processes for determining those areas.
(2) The Council shall prescribe, by Statute, the measures by which the Student Guild is to account for the fees received, and those measures shall include —
(a) a requirement that the annual financial statements of the Student Guild are to be audited by an independent external auditor whose appointment requires Council approval; and
(b) a requirement for the Student Guild to provide a copy of each audited balance sheet, and an annual statement of the Student Guild’s income and expenditure, to the Council.
[Section 46 inserted: No. 44 of 2002 s. 5; amended: No. 32 of 2016 s. 43.]
Part 4 — Transitional provisions for Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016
[Heading inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 44.]
47. Terms used
In this Part —
commencement day means the day on which the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 3 comes into operation;
former name means —
(a) the Western Australian Institute of Technology; or
(b) the Curtin University of Technology.
[Section 47 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 44.]
48. Transitional provisions (change of name)
(1) Subsection (2) applies to a reference to a former name, whether by use of that name or a similar or abbreviated form of that name —
(2) A reference to a former name is to be read and construed as a reference to Curtin University, unless because of the context it would be incorrect or inappropriate to do so.
(3) Subsection (4) applies to a reference to the Curtin University of Technology — Kalgoorlie Campus —
(4) A reference to the Curtin University of Technology — Kalgoorlie Campus is to be read and construed as a reference to Curtin University — Kalgoorlie Campus, unless because of the context it would be incorrect or inappropriate to do so.
(5) On commencement day, each account established for the purposes of section 23(2) and existing immediately before commencement day is renamed the “Curtin University Account”.
[Section 48 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 44.]
49. Transitional provisions (Council)
(1) This section applies despite the amendments made to section 9, and the replacement of section 9A, by the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016 sections 12 and 14.
(2) Any person who, immediately before commencement day, holds office under section 9 (as in effect immediately before commencement day) as an appointed or nominated or elected member of the Council —
(a) continues in office —
(i) under and subject to Part I Division 2; and
(ii) for the balance of the person’s term of office remaining immediately before commencement day;
but
(b) vacates office before then in the circumstances set out in section 10 as that section is in effect immediately before commencement day.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(ii) —
(a) any member who holds office under section 9(1)(c) or (j) (as in effect immediately before commencement day) is taken to have a term of office that expires on the 60th day after the day on which the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 12 comes into operation;
(b) the member who holds office under section 9(1)(k) (as in effect immediately before commencement day) is taken to have a term of office that expires on the day on which the person would vacate office as a member of the Council in accordance with the Statute establishing the Academic Board of the University.
(4) If a question arises under this section as to the balance of a person’s term of office remaining immediately before commencement day, the question is to be determined by the Minister.
(1) This section applies despite the replacement of section 21M by the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 30 and the replacement of Schedule 2 clause 2 by section 47 of that Act.
(2) Any person who, immediately before commencement day, holds office under section 21M (as in effect immediately before commencement day) as an appointed or elected member of the Kalgoorlie Campus Council —
(a) continues in office —
(i) under and subject to Part I Division 2B and Schedule 2; and
(ii) for the balance of the person’s term of office remaining immediately before commencement day;
but
(b) vacates office before then in the circumstances set out in Schedule 2 clause 4 as that clause is in effect immediately before commencement day.
[Section 50 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 44.]
51. Transitional provisions (Vice‑Chancellor)
(1) The person who, immediately before commencement day, holds office as chief executive officer of the University under section 14 (as in effect immediately before commencement day) continues to hold office as Vice‑Chancellor under section 14 (as in effect on and after commencement day).
(2) Subsection (3) applies to a reference to the chief executive officer of the University —
(3) A reference to the chief executive officer of the University is to be read and construed as a reference to the Vice‑Chancellor, unless because of the context it would be incorrect or inappropriate to do so.
[Section 51 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 44.]
52. Transitional provisions (guarantees)
A guarantee given under section 24 (as in effect immediately before commencement day) and in force immediately before commencement day continues as if it had been given under section 25B.
[Section 52 inserted: No. 32 of 2016 s. 44.]
53. Transitional provisions (Statutes)
former section 35 means section 35 as in effect immediately before it was deleted by the Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 40.
(2) Section 35(2) does not apply to or in relation to any Statute made and published in the Gazette before commencement day, and former section 35(2) and (3) apply instead as if the former section 35 had not been deleted.
(3) If a Statute has been made but not published in the Gazette before commencement day —
(a) section 35(2) does not apply to and in relation to that Statute; and
(b) former section 35(2) and (3) apply instead as if the former section 35 had not been deleted.