Commonwealth legislation

Medical Leave Statute 2007

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 law gives the Australian National University (ANU) Council the power to create rules for students with serious health conditions. Specifically, it covers how these students can enrol in and attend the university.

Key points:

What it does: Authorises the Council to make specific rules about enrolment and attendance for students with serious health conditions
Important limitation: Any rules must align with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (the federal law that prevents discrimination based on disability)
Flexibility: The statute doesn't define what counts as a "serious health condition" — instead, it lets the Council define this in the separate rules they create

In short, this is an enabling law that lets the university set up its own medical leave or special accommodation policies, provided those policies don't discriminate against people with disabilities.

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Medical Leave Statute 2007

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Australian National University Act 1991

MEDICAL LEAVE STATUTE 2007

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

Dated: 7 December 2007.

Allan Hawke

Chancellor

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1 Name of Statute

1.1 This Statute is the Medical Leave Statute 2007.

2 Commencement

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

3 Rules

3.1 The Council may make rules, not inconsistent with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 with respect to enrolment of or attendance at the University by a person with a serious health condition.

3.2 To avoid doubt, the meaning of serious health condition may be set out in the Rules.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Medical Leave Statute 2007