Version incorporating amendments as at
1 December 2013
table of provisions
Section Page
Part 1—Preliminary 3
1 Purposes 3
2 Commencement 3
Part 2—Repeal of the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 4
3 Definitions 4
4 Repeal of Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 4
5 Abolition of former body 5
6 Accounts 6
7 Transfer of staff 6
8 Future terms and conditions of transferred employees 7
9 Students 7
10 Validity of things done under this Part 8
Part 3—Repeal of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988 10
12 Definitions 10
13 Repeal of Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988 11
14 Abolition of former body 11
15 Financial statements 12
16 Transfer of staff 12
17 Future terms and conditions of transferred employees 13
18 Students 14
19 Validity of things done under this Part 14
ENDNOTES 17
General Information 17
Table of Amendments 18
Explanatory Details 19
Version No.004
Medical Research Institutes Repeal Act 2008
No. 63 of 2008
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 December 2013
Preamble
A Deed dated 10 May 1926 made between Thomas Baker, Alice Baker and Eleanor Mary Shaw (the Settlors), Thomas Baker, John Fullarton Mackeddie and Henry Michael Collins (the Trustees) and the Alfred Hospital Melbourne established an Institute of Medical Research called "The Thomas Baker, Alice Baker, and Eleanor Shaw Medical Research Institute". Its objects were to carry out medical research work and to instruct medical and post-graduate students.
The Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 was enacted to establish a body corporate known as the Baker Medical Research Institute.
In 2007, the Baker Medical Research Institute agreed with the International Diabetes Institute to merge for the purpose of combining their joint strengths and forming a national heart and diabetes institute.
The merged institute is to be known as the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. Consistent with the objects of the Baker Medical Research Institute, the objects of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute are to pursue strategies to reduce death and disability from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other related non-communicable diseases through research, clinical care, education and advocacy.
To enable the merged institute to conduct its affairs as agreed by the parties to the merger, it is expedient to repeal the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 and to provide for the transfer of all property, rights and liabilities held, and staff employed, by the Baker Medical Research Institute to a company limited by guarantee and incorporated under the Corporations Act. The company is to be the successor in law of the Institute.
Preamble
The Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988 was enacted to establish a body corporate known as the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and came into operation on 1 January 1990.
The predecessor of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research was the Prince Henry's Medical Research Centre which was established at Prince Henry's Hospital in Melbourne in 1960.
The Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988 provided for the transfer of all members, property, rights and liabilities held by the Prince Henry's Medical Research Centre to the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research.
That Act is now to be repealed and provision made for the transfer of all property, rights and liabilities held, and staff employed, by the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research to a company limited by guarantee and incorporated under the Corporations Act. The company is to be the successor in law of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research.
The Parliament of Victoria therefore enacts:
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Purposes
s. 1
The main purposes of this Act are—
(a) to repeal the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980; and
(b) to provide for the transfer to Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Holdings Limited ACN 131 762 948 of all property, rights, liabilities and staff of the Baker Medical Research Institute; and
(c) to repeal the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988; and
(d) to provide for the transfer to Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research ACN 132 025 024 of all property, rights, liabilities and staff of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on 1 January 2009.
Part 2—Repeal of the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980
3 Definitions
s. 3
In this Part—
Board means the Board constituted under the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980;
commencement day means 1 January 2009;
former body means Baker Medical Research Institute established by the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980;
liabilities means all liabilities, duties and obligations, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
new body means Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Holdings Limited ACN 131 762 948;
property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description;
rights means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
transferred employee means an employee transferred to the new body by force of this Part.
4 Repeal of Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980
The Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 is repealed.
5 Abolition of former body
s. 5
(1) On the commencement day—
(a) the former body is abolished; and
(b) a person holding office as a member of the former body ceases to hold office; and
(c) the Board is abolished; and
(d) a person holding office as a member of the Board ceases to hold office; and
(e) any committee appointed by the Board is abolished; and
(f) any person holding office as a member of a committee ceases to hold office.
(2) On the commencement day—
(a) the new body is the successor in law of the former body; and
(b) all rights, property and assets that immediately before that day were vested in the former body (whether beneficially or as a trustee of any charitable trust or foundation) vest, by force of this section, in the new body; and
(c) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the former body become, by force of this section, debts, liabilities and obligations of the new body; and
(d) the new body is, by force of this section, substituted as a party to any proceedings pending in any court or tribunal to which the former body was a party immediately before that day; and
(e) the new body is, by force of this section, substituted as a party to any arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of the former body as a party and in force immediately before that day; and
(f) the new body is, by force of this section, substituted as the trustee of all trusts, funds and foundations of which the former body was trustee immediately before that day; and
(g) any reference to the former body in any Act or in any proclamation, Order in Council, rule, regulation, order, agreement, instrument, deed, will or other document is, so far as it relates to any period after that day and if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter, construed as a reference to the new body.
6 Accounts
s. 6
On and from the commencement day, the new body must ensure that the accounts of the former body for the period starting on 1 July 2008 and ending on 31 December 2008 are kept and examined in accordance with section 15 of the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 as in force immediately before its repeal.
7 Transfer of staff
(1) On and from the commencement day, a person employed by the former body immediately before that day, including a person holding office as a result of an appointment made by the Board under section 9(5) or 13(1) of the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980 as in force immediately before its repeal, is to be taken as—
(a) having been employed by the new body; and
(b) having been so employed on the same terms and conditions as those that applied to the person immediately before the commencement day as an employee of the former body; and
(c) having accrued an entitlement to benefits, in connection with that employment with the new body, that is equivalent to the entitlement that the person had accrued, as an employee of the former body, immediately before the commencement day.
(2) The service of a transferred employee as an employee of the new body is to be taken for all purposes as having been continuous with the service of the transferred employee, immediately before the commencement day, as an employee of the former body.
8 Future terms and conditions of transferred employees
s. 8
Nothing in section 7 prevents—
(a) any of the terms and conditions of employment of a transferred employee from being altered by or under any law, award or agreement with effect from any time on or after the commencement day; or
(b) a transferred employee from resigning, or the termination of a transferred employee's employment, at any time on or after the commencement day in accordance with the then existing terms and conditions of his or her employment by the new body.
9 Students
On and from the commencement day, a person who, immediately before that day, was undertaking studies at the former body may continue with those studies at the new body on and from that day on the same terms and conditions as those that applied to the person immediately before that day.
10 Validity of things done under this Part
s. 10
(1) Nothing effected by this Part or suffered under this Part—
(a) is to be taken as placing any person in breach of contract or confidence or as otherwise exposing the person to civil liability; or
(b) is to be taken as placing any person in breach of or as constituting a default under, any Act or other law or any provision in any agreement, arrangement or understanding including, but not limited to, any provision prohibiting or restricting the assignment or transfer of any property or right or the disclosure of any information; or
(c) is to be taken as fulfilling any condition which allows a person to exercise a power, right or remedy in respect of, or to terminate, any agreement or obligation; or
(d) is to be taken as giving rise to any remedy for a party to a contract or an instrument or as causing or permitting the termination of any contract or instrument because of a change in the beneficial or legal ownership of any property, right or liability; or
(e) is to be taken as causing any contract or instrument to be void or otherwise unenforceable; or
(f) is to be taken as frustrating any contract; or
(g) releases any surety or other obligor wholly or in part from any obligation.
(2) In this section Act does not include the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006.
S. 11 expired by force of No. 63/2008 s. 11(3).
s. 11
Part 3—Repeal of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988
12 Definitions
s. 12
In this Part—
Board means the governing body of the former body appointed by or under the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988;
commencement day means 1 January 2009;
former body means Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research established by the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988;
liabilities means all liabilities, duties and obligations, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
new body means Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research ACN 132 025 024;
property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description;
rights means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
transferred employee means an employee transferred to the new body by force of this Part.
See:
Act No.
43/1988. Reprint No. 1 as at 5 September 1997.
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13 Repeal of Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988
s. 13
The Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988 is repealed.
14 Abolition of former body
(1) On the commencement day—
(a) the former body is abolished; and
(b) a person holding office as a member of the former body ceases to hold office; and
(c) the Board is abolished; and
(d) a person holding office as a member of the Board ceases to hold office; and
(e) any sub-committee appointed by the Board is abolished; and
(f) any person holding office as a member of a sub-committee ceases to hold office.
(2) On the commencement day—
(a) the new body is the successor in law of the former body; and
(b) all rights, property and assets that immediately before that day were vested in the former body (whether beneficially or as a trustee of any charitable trust or foundation) vest, by force of this section, in the new body; and
(c) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the former body become, by force of this section, debts, liabilities and obligations of the new body; and
(d) the new body is, by force of this section, substituted as a party to any proceedings pending in any court or tribunal to which the former body was a party immediately before that day; and
(e) the new body is, by force of this section, substituted as a party to any arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of the former body as a party and in force immediately before that day; and
(f) the new body is, by force of this section, substituted as the trustee of all trusts, funds and foundations of which the former body was trustee immediately before that day; and
(g) any reference to the former body in any Act or in any proclamation, Order in Council, rule, regulation, order, agreement, instrument, deed, will or other document is, so far as it relates to any period after that day and if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter, construed as a reference to the new body.
15 Financial statements
s. 15
On and from the commencement day, the new body must ensure that the financial statements of the former body for the period starting on 1 July 2008 and ending on 31 December 2008 are prepared in accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994.
16 Transfer of staff
(1) On and from the commencement day, a person employed by the Board immediately before that day is to be taken as—
(a) having been employed by the new body; and
(b) having been so employed on the same terms and conditions as those that applied to the person immediately before the commencement day as an employee of the former body; and
(c) having accrued an entitlement to benefits, in connection with that employment with the new body, that is equivalent to the entitlement that the person had accrued, as an employee of the former body, immediately before the commencement day.
(2) The service of a transferred employee as an employee of the new body is to be taken for all purposes as having been continuous with the service of the transferred employee, immediately before the commencement day, as an employee of the former body.
17 Future terms and conditions of transferred employees
s. 17
Nothing in section 16 prevents—
(a) any of the terms and conditions of employment of a transferred employee from being altered by or under any law, award or agreement with effect from any time on or after the commencement day; or
(b) a transferred employee from resigning, or the termination of a transferred employee's employment, at any time on or after the commencement day in accordance with the then existing terms and conditions of his or her employment by the new body.
18 Students
s. 18
On and from the commencement day, a person who, immediately before that day, was undertaking studies at the former body may continue with those studies at the new body on or from that day on the same terms and conditions as those that applied to the person immediately before that day.
19 Validity of things done under this Part
(1) Nothing effected by this Part or suffered under this Part—
(a) is to be taken as placing any person in breach of contract or confidence or as otherwise exposing the person to civil liability; or
(b) is to be taken as placing any person in breach of or as constituting a default under, any Act or other law or any provision in any agreement, arrangement or understanding including, but not limited to, any provision prohibiting or restricting the assignment or transfer of any property or right or the disclosure of any information; or
(c) is to be taken as fulfilling any condition which allows a person to exercise a power, right or remedy in respect of, or to terminate, any agreement or obligation; or
(d) is to be taken as giving rise to any remedy for a party to a contract or an instrument or as causing or permitting the termination of any contract or instrument because of a change in the beneficial or legal ownership of any property, right or liability; or
(e) is to be taken as causing any contract or instrument to be void or otherwise unenforceable; or
(f) is to be taken as frustrating any contract; or
(g) releases any surety or other obligor wholly or in part from any obligation.
s. 19
(2) In this section Act does not include the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006.
S. 20 expired by force of No. 63/2008 s. 20(3).
Pt 4 (Heading and ss 21–23) repealed by No. 70/2013 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 32).
s. 21
ENDNOTES
General Information
Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 20 August 2008
Legislative Council: 12 September 2008
Endnotes
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to repeal the Baker Medical Research Institute Act 1980, the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Act 1988 and for other purposes."
The Medical Research Institutes Repeal Act 2008 was assented to on 5 November 2008 and came into operation on 1 January 2009: section 2.
Table of Amendments
Endnotes
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Medical Research Institutes Repeal Act 2008 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
Where a provision has expired, the provision has been omitted and an explanatory sidenote included.