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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART I—PRELIMINARY 2
Short title, commencement, division into Parts 2
Definitions 2
Act to bind Crown 3
PART II—RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT 4
Ratification of Agreement 4
Privileges of Company 4
SCHEDULE—Agreement 5
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ENDNOTES 21
General Information 21
Table of Amendments 22
Explanatory Details 23
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1
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Serpell Joint Schools Act 1981
Act No. 9636/1981
Version as at 3 March 2003
An Act to ratify validate approve and otherwise give effect to an
Agreement between the Minister of Education for and on behalf
of the State of Victoria, the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation
for the Diocese of Melbourne, the Mayor, Councillors and
Citizens of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe and Serpell
Community Project Proprietary Limited with respect to the
Establishment Ownership and Operation of a building for the
use of State School No. 5168 Serpell Primary School and of a
Catholic Primary School at Templestowe Victoria and for other
purposes.
Preamble
WHEREAS the Minister of Education for the State
of Victoria desires to provide additional facilities
for use by State School No. 5168 Serpell Primary
School:
AND WHEREAS the Roman Catholic Trusts
Corporation and the parish priest of St. Kevin's
Templestowe desire to extend the facilities
available for use by the Catholic Primary School
which they propose to establish in the vicinity of
Serpells Road:
AND WHEREAS the mayor councillors and
citizens of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe
desire to improve the facilities available for use in
conjunction with a sports and recreation reserve
owned by the Council of the City of Doncaster and
Templestowe:
AND WHEREAS the three parties mentioned
agree that their respective desires will be achieved
by the establishment of a building to be operated in
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accordance with an Agreement into which they
have entered:
AND WHEREAS the Agreement is said to be
subject to ratification by the Parliament of
Victoria:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient in the public
interest to ratify validate approve and give effect of
law to the said Agreement and to make other
provision as hereinafter enacted:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of
the same as follows (that is to say):
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Short title, commencement, division into Parts
(1) This Act may be cited as the Serpell Joint
Schools Act 1981.
(2) The several provisions of this Act shall come into
operation on a day or respective days to be fixed
by proclamation or successive proclamations of
the Governor in Council published in the
Government Gazette.
(3) This Act is divided into Parts as follows:
Part I—Preliminary ss 1–3.
Part II—Ratification of Agreement ss 4–5.
Definitions
(1) In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or
subject-matter—
"the Agreement" means the Agreement a copy
of which is set out in the Schedule;
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"public statutory corporation" means any body
corporate established by or pursuant to any
Act for any public purpose and without
affecting the generality of the foregoing,
includes a municipality.
(2) Expressions used in this Act and which are also
used in the Agreement shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them in the Agreement.
3. Act to bind Crown
This Act shall bind the Crown in right of the State
of Victoria and, so far as the legislative power of
the Parliament permits, shall also bind the Crown
in all its other capacities.
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PART II—RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT
4. Ratification of Agreement
(1) The Agreement is hereby ratified validated and
approved and given the force of law and shall take
effect as though its provisions had been expressly
enacted in this Act.
(2) The Minister of Education and all other Ministers
of the State of Victoria and all public statutory
corporations and all officers concerned are hereby
empowered to carry out the Agreement and to
enter into such agreements as to give such
approvals as are provided for by it.
5. Privileges of Company
The Company shall have all the privileges and
immunities of an instrumentality of the Crown.
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SCHEDULE
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made the tenth day of November 1981 by the Honourable
A. J. Hunt in his capacity as Minister of Education for the time being in the
State of Victoria for and on behalf of the said State of the first part, the
Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation for the Diocese of Melbourne of the
second part, the mayor councillors and citizens of the City of Doncaster and
Templestowe of the third part and Serpell Community Project Pty. Limited a
company incorporated in the State the registered office of which is situated at
350 William Street, Melbourne of the fourth part—
WHEREAS—
I. The State and the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation desire that a
building be established to be used by the schools.
II. The company desires to own the building.
III. The Council desires to use the building.
IV. The schools desire to use the recreation reserve owned by the Council.
V. The State the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation and the Council
desire to make certain lands and certain moneys available to the
company for the construction maintenance and operation of the
building.
VI. In order to effect the establishment and operation of the building the
parties hereto desire to enter into the Agreement following so that upon
its ratification validation and approval by the Parliament of the State the
Agreement will have full force and effect of law and will become
binding on the parties in the manner hereinafter appearing.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows—
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Definitions
(1) In this Agreement unless inconsistent with the context or
subject-matter—
"the Act" means the Act of the Parliament of Victoria to be
passed to ratify validate approve give the force of law
and otherwise give effect to this Agreement;
"building" means the building to be owned by the
Company and used by the schools the Council and
other parties under this Agreement;
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"Catholic school" means the school which the Roman
Catholic Trusts Corporation and the parish priest of
St. Kevin's Templestowe propose to establish in the
vicinity of Serpell Road;
"Committee of Management" means the Committee of
Management set up under this Agreement;
"Company" means Serpell Community Project Pty.
Limited its successors and permitted assigns;
"Council" means the Municipal Council of the City of
Doncaster and Templestowe;
"Minister" means the Minister of Education for the State of
Victoria;
"parish priest" means the parish priest for the time being
of the parish to which the Catholic school is for the
time being attached;
"recreation reserve" means the sports and recreation
reserve the property of the Council;
"Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation" means the Roman
Catholic Trusts Corporation for the diocese of
Melbourne;
"schools" means the State school and the Catholic school;
"school hours" means the hours between 8.30 a.m. and
4.00 p.m. each Monday to Friday;
"State" means the State of Victoria;
"State school" means State School No. 5168 Serpell
Primary School;
"State School Council" means the school Council
constituted in accordance with section 13 of the
Education Act 1958 in relation to State School
No. 5168 Serpell Primary School.
(2) Where in this Agreement the context requires or admits the
plural number includes the singular and vice versa.
(3) The headings and side notes shall not affect the
interpretation of the Agreement.
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2. Part II of this Agreement shall be of no force or effect neither shall
any party have any claim against another in respect of any matter
arising out of or in connexion with Part II until—
(a) the Agreement has been ratified validated approved and
given the force of law by an Act of Parliament of Victoria;
and
(b) clause 3 is complied with in full.
3. Notwithstanding that this Agreement comes into operation on the
commencement date, Part II of this Agreement shall not come into
operation until immediately after the Company issues to the
Minister of Education a number of shares in the Company which is
equal to the number of shares held by the Roman Catholic Trusts
Corporation.
PART II
Division A—Obligations of the State
4. The State shall—
(a) purchase at the price found by the Valuer-General from the
Council an area of 1470 square metres approximately of
land at the north-east corner of the land held by the Council
(which is marked on the diagram in Part III first-mentioned
land);
(b) join the land mentioned in (a) with an area of 1180 square
metres approximately of land at the north-west corner of the
present site owned by the State (which land is marked on the
diagram in Part III);
(c) transfer at no cost to the Company the ownership of the
joined land mentioned in (b) to the Company;
(d) cause the building to be designed and constructed in
accordance with this Agreement on the land vested in the
Company;
(e) pay towards the cost of design and construction of the
building an amount equal to 58 per cent of such cost and pay
the rest of such cost out of moneys received under this
Agreement from the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation
and from the Council;
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(f) make an agreed financial contribution not to exceed $23 200
to the Council in respect of car parking facilities and access
pavements to be included in the recreation reserve;
(g) maintain security surveillance of the building outside school
hours; and
(h) pay to the Company at times to be agreed between the State
and the Committee which times shall be suitable to the
financial needs of the Company acting in pursuance of this
Agreement—
(i) an amount equal to 64 per cent of the cost in each case
of any maintenance renovation or repair of the
building as such works are recommended (with the
approval of the State and the parish priest) from time
to time by the Committee of Management to be
carried out by the Company;
(ii) an amount equal to 50 per cent of the cost in each
quarter, as such cost is assessed from time to time by
the Committee of Management, of daily operation of
the building such as cleaning, lighting and heating of
the building, rates and telephone charges;
(iii) in each year an amount equal to 64 per cent of the cost
for that year of insurance against fire and peril;
(iv) in each year an amount equal to 50 per cent of the cost
for that year of insurance against burglary theft and
malicious damage;
(v) in each year an amount equal to a proportion of the
cost for that year of public liability insurance which
proportion shall be the same as the proportion of the
total number of pupils at the two schools who are
enrolled at the State school where in each year pupil
enrolments at the two schools are or are deemed to be
those established at the school census taken in
February of that year;
(vi) an amount equal to 50 per cent (or in any particular
case some other proportion agreed to by the parish
priest) of the cost in each case of the employment of
any administrative or educational staff employed by
the Company as recommended by the Committee of
Management and approved by the State and the parish
priest.
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5. Staff appointments
When staff are appointed to the State school account shall be taken
of the desirability that appointees be eligible for registration with
both the Primary Teachers Registration Board and the Council of
Public Education.
Division B—Obligations of the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation
6. The Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation shall—
(a) transfer at no cost to the Company the ownership of an area
of 1302 square metres approximately of land at the south-
east corner of its property (which land is marked on the
diagram on Part III) to the Company;
(b) pay to the State an amount equal to 29 per cent of the cost of
design and construction of the building;
(c) pay to the Company at times to be agreed between the parish
priest and the Committee which times shall be suitable to
the financial needs of the Company acting in pursuance of
this Agreement—
(i) an amount equal to 36 per cent of the cost in each case
of maintenance renovation or repair of the building as
such works are recommended (with the approval of
the State and the parish priest) from time to time by
the Committee of Management to be carried out by
the Company;
(ii) an amount equal to 50 per cent of the cost in each
quarter, as such cost is assessed from time to time by
the Committee of Management, of daily operation of
the building such as cleaning lighting and heating of
the building, rates and telephone charges;
(iii) in each year an amount equal to 36 per cent of the cost
for that year of insurance against fire and peril;
(iv) in each year an amount equal to 50 per cent of the cost
for that year of insurance against burglary, theft and
malicious damage;
(v) in each year an amount equal to a proportion of the
cost for that year of public liability insurance which
proportion shall be the same as the proportion of the
total number of pupils at the two schools who are
enrolled at the Catholic school where in each year
pupil enrolments at the two schools are or are deemed
to be those established at the school census taken in
February of that year;
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(vi) an amount equal to 50 per cent (or in any particular
case some other proportion agreed to by the School
Council) of the cost in each case of employment of
any administrative or educational staff employed by
the Company as recommended by the Committee of
Management.
7. When staff are appointed to the Catholic school account shall be
taken of the desirability that appointees be eligible for registration
with both the Primary Teachers Registration Board and the
Council of Public Education.
Division C—Obligations of the Municipal Council of the City of
Doncaster and Templestowe
8. The Council shall—
(a) sell to the State at the price found by the Valuer-General an
area of 1470 square metres approximately of land at the
north-east corner of the recreation reserve (which land is
marked on the diagram on Part III);
(b) grant to the Company such rights of way over land owned
by the Council as are necessary to enable the Company to
gain title to the land and access to the building to be
constructed thereon;
(c) design and construct the recreation reserve at its own
expense in co-ordination with the design of the building;
(d) include in the design and construction of the recreation
reserve car parking facilities and access pavements which
will be available for use by the schools during school hours;
(e) be wholly responsible for the implementation and cost of
maintenance repair and upkeep of the reserve;
(f) permit the schools to use the recreation reserve in school
hours;
(g) regularly advise the Committee of the times and conditions
of use of the recreation reserve and the change-room and
toilet facilities of the building which the Council has
arranged;
(h) pay to the State an amount equal to 13 per cent of the cost of
design and construction of the building;
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(i) pay to the Company any excessive operational costs which
are agreed between the Council and the Committee as
having been incurred in relation to any use of the change-
room and toilet facilities of the building which the Council
has arranged.
Division D—Obligations of the Company
9. The Company shall—
(a) manage and operate the building erected on the land which
under this Agreement is vested in the company in
accordance with this Agreement;
(b) receive, hold and expend funds as directed from time to time
by the Committee of Management;
(c) take out insurances to provide cover of the building against
fire and peril, cover of the furniture and equipment in the
building against burglary theft and malicious damage and
cover of all parties both separately jointly and also in case of
liability between or amongst the parties against public
liability;
(d) present a copy of its annual report and balance sheet to the
Committee;
(e) make its records available at all times for inspection by any
member of the Committee;
(f) from time to time at the direction of the Committee perform
other functions in pursuance of this Agreement; and
(g) act only in pursuance of this Agreement.
Division E—Committee of Management
10. Committee of Management
For the purposes of this Agreement there shall be established a
Committee of Management.
11. Functions of Committee
The functions of the Committee are—
(a) to arrange the management and operation of the building;
and
(b) to determine all matters concerning the use of the facilities
of the building and the recreation reserve—
in accordance with this Agreement.
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12. Membership
(1) The Committee shall consist of nine members of whom—
(a) one shall be the principal for the time being of the
State school;
(b) one shall be the principal for the time being of the
Catholic school;
(c) two shall be appointed by the Minister after he has
considered any recommendations made by the State
School Council;
(d) two shall be appointed by the parish priest; and
(e) three shall be appointed by the Council.
(2) A member of the Committee appointed under paragraph (c),
(d) or (e) of sub-section (1) shall hold office for a period not
exceeding one year but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3) At each annual general meeting the members of the
Committee shall appoint—
(a) from among their number—
(i) a Chairman;
(ii) a Treasurer; and
(iii) a Secretary;
and
(b) such other officers as the Committee deems
necessary—
who shall hold office until the next annual general meeting.
(4) A member of the Committee may resign his office by
writing signed by him and delivered to the Committee.
(5) In the case of the illness or absence of an appointed member
or in the case of a vacancy in the office of an appointed
member the person or body responsible for the appointment
of that member may, subject to this section, appoint some
suitable person to act as the deputy of that member during
that illness or absence or until that vacancy is filled (as the
case may be) and the deputy may exercise the powers and
perform the duties of that member accordingly.
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(6) If any appointed member of the Committee—
(a) is absent without permission of the Committee from
three consecutive meetings of the Committee;
(b) becomes bankrupt or his property becomes in any
manner subject to control under the law relating to
bankruptcy;
(c) is convicted of an indictable offence or of an offence
which, if committed in Victoria, would be an
indictable offence;
(d) becomes incapable of performing the duties of his
office;
(e) is removed from office or resigns his office; or
(f) dies—
his office as a member of the Committee shall become
vacant.
13. Meetings
(1) The Committee shall meet at least once a month between
1 February and 31 December and the Secretary shall give
members at least three days' notice that a meeting is to be
held.
(2) In July of each year the committee shall hold an annual
general meeting which shall be open to the public.
(3) The Chairman shall give fourteen days' notice of an annual
general meeting—
(a) to all members of the Committee; and
(b) to the public by causing an advertisement to be
published in a daily newspaper circulating throughout
Victoria and in a newspaper circulating in the area of
Doncaster and Templestowe.
(4) The Chairman shall preside at a meeting of the Committee
at which he is present and if he is not present at a meeting
the members present shall elect one of their number to
preside at the meeting.
(5) Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
(6) Subject to the presence of a quorum the Committee may act
notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership.
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(7) A matter arising at a meeting of the Committee shall be
determined by a majority of the votes of the members of the
Committee present and voting.
(8) In the event of—
(a) an equality of votes on a matter arising at a meeting of
the Committee; or
(b) a challenge by one of the parties to the Agreement in
relation to a determination of a matter by the
Committee—
the Chairman shall convene an extraordinary meeting of the
Committee to deal with that matter.
(9) The Chairman shall give to all members of the Committee
seven days' notice of an extraordinary meeting and shall
specify in the notice the matter with which the meeting is to
deal.
(10) No business shall be transacted at an extraordinary meeting
unless all members of the Committee are present.
(11) An act or decision of the Committee shall not be invalid by
reason only of a defect or irregularity in or in connexion
with the appointment of a member of the Committee or, in
the case of a person appointed to act as a member, on the
ground that the occasion for his so acting had not arisen or
had ceased.
(12) Subject to this Agreement the Committee may regulate its
own proceedings.
14. Moneys
(1) All moneys received or collected by the Committee shall be
paid to the Company.
(2) Upon a direction from the Committee the Company shall in
compliance with the direction apply moneys from the funds
which it holds.
15. Application of moneys
The Committee may direct that the Company apply from the funds
held by the Company moneys for and towards the cost of—
(a) daily maintenance, cleaning, lighting, heating and incidental
charges in relation to the building;
(b) administrative expenses of the Committee including the
appointment of administrative and educational staff;
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(c) maintenance renovation and repair of buildings fittings
equipment or sports fields;
(d) other purposes which may arise in the course of any action
of the Committee in accordance with this Agreement; and
(e) other purposes which may be agreed to from time to time by
the State, the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation and the
Council.
16. Financial report and budget
(1) At the beginning of each quarter of the financial year the
Committee shall prepare a financial report and budget
showing details of—
(a) receipts and expenditures in the preceding quarter;
(b) expected receipts and expenditures for the current
quarter; and
(c) details of payments due under this Agreement in
respect of the preceding and current quarters from—
(i) the State;
(ii) the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation; and
(iii) the Council.
(2) The Committee shall forward a copy of the financial report
and budget to each of the parties to the Agreement.
17. Agreements
(1) Subject to this clause the Company at the direction of the
Committee may enter into agreements or arrangements for
the use of the building and the recreation reserve with the
parties to the Agreement and with other persons or groups.
(2) Subject to this clause, the Company at the direction of the
Committee may charge persons or groups who are not a
party to the Agreement a fee for the use of the building or
recreation reserve.
(3) The use of the recreation reserve and the toilet and change-
room facilities of the building outside of school hours may
be arranged by the Council as it sees fit and the Company
shall not charge any fee for any such use arranged by the
Council.
(4) Any use of the building or the recreation reserve in school
hours shall be subject to the approval of the State School
Council and of the equivalent body in relation to the
Catholic school (or the parish priest).
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18. Duties of the Committee
The Committee shall arrange and administer in accordance with
this Agreement—
(a) all matters of daily cleaning lighting heating and
maintenance of the building;
(b) general maintenance renovation and repair of the building,
fittings, equipment and sports fields;
(c) any supervision of the use of the building or security
procedures it deems necessary which are not provided by the
State;
(d) the use of the building;
(e) the keeping of records of—
(i) the decisions of the Committee;
(ii) agreements made with the parties to the Agreement or
with other persons or groups for the use of the
building and recreation reserve;
(iii) all receipts and expenditures.
Division F—General
19. Force majeure
(1) This Agreement is made subject to any delay in the
performance of any obligation or duty under this Agreement
which may be occasioned by or arise from any
circumstances whatsoever beyond the power and control of
the party responsible for the performance of such obligation
including but without limiting the generality of the
foregoing delay caused by or arising out from act of God,
act of war, force majeure, act of public enemies, industrial
disputes, restraint or labour or other similar acts, whether
partial or general, shortage of essential materials from the
usual source of supply, reasonable failure to secure or delays
of contractors, riots and civil commotion and a failure by
any party or instrument appointee or representative of any
party to perform its or his obligations for any such reason
shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement and such
obligation or duty shall be performed within a reasonable
period following the cessation of the circumstances which
so delay it.
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(2) A party to the Agreement may from time to time enter into
agreements or arrangements for better giving effect to the
provisions of this Agreement.
(3) If—
(a) the Company enters into liquidation (other than a
voluntary liquidation for the purpose of
reconstruction); or
(b) the State, the Council, the Roman Catholic Trusts
Corporation or the Company abandons or repudiates
this Agreement—
any other party to this Agreement may by notice in writing
determine this Agreement but such determination shall not
affect the enforcement of any right obligation or liability
theretofore acquired accrued or incurred.
(4) If the State, the Council or the Roman Catholic Trusts
Corporation abandons or repudiates or withdraws from this
Agreement, compensation for the financial interest of that
party in the building its furnishings or fittings and the time
conditions and manner by which such compensation is to be
made will be determined subject to sub-section (5) by an
arbitrator appointed pursuant to this Agreement and the
Agreement shall then be deemed to be varied accordingly.
(5) Upon a determination of this Agreement—
(a) the State shall be deemed to be entitled to an amount
equal to—
(i) 58 per cent of the value of the building; and
(ii) 66·7 per cent of the value of the land owned by
the Company;
(b) The Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation shall be
deemed to be entitled to an amount equal to—
(i) 29 per cent of the value of the building; and
(ii) 33·3 per cent of the value of the land owned by
the Company; and
(c) the Council shall be deemed to be entitled to an
amount equal to 13 per cent of the value of the
building—
unless otherwise determined by an arbitrator appointed
pursuant to this Agreement, and any other assets of the
Company shall be distributed according to the Articles of
Association of the Company.
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(6) If there shall be any difference or dispute between or
amongst the parties to this Agreement or the Committee or
its members any such party (or person or persons as the case
may be) may give notice to any other party or person of the
difference or dispute and if the difference or dispute is not
settled within one month after service of the notice—
(a) that matter shall be referred to an arbitrator appointed
by agreement of the Minister of Education together
with the Minister for Local Government and the
Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, such appointment
to be made within two months after service of the
notice; and
(b) the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1958 (as
amended) shall apply to the reference as if it were a
reference by consent under that Act.
(7) Any notice consent or other writing authorized or required
by this Agreement to be given or sent shall be deemed to
have been duly given or sent—
(a) by the State if signed by the Minister or another
Minister of the Crown acting on his behalf;
(b) by the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation if signed
by the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne;
(c) by the Council if signed by the Town Clerk of the
City of Doncaster and Templestowe;
(d) by the Company if signed by a director or the
Secretary of the Company in the State;
(e) by the Committee if signed by the Chairman or
Secretary of the Committee—
and forwarded by prepaid post to the party or person to
whom notice is to be given and any such notice consent or
writing shall be deemed to have been duly given or sent on
the day on which it would be delivered in the ordinary
course of the post.
20. Interpretation of Agreement
This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted according to the
laws applying in the State of Victoria.
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PART III
DIAGRAM OF LAND
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
the day and year first hereinbefore written
SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED
by the said A. J. HUNT
Minister of Education for the State of Victoria
in the presence of: I. J. WYKES
A. J. HUNT
THE COMMON SEAL OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC TRUSTS CORPORATION FOR
THE DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE was
hereunto affixed by its order in the presence of:
T. F. LITTLE
P. J. CONNORS
R. J. DEAL
CORPORATION TRUSTEES
(L.S.)
THE COMMON SEAL OF THE MAYOR
COUNCILLORS AND CITIZENS OF THE
CITY OF DONCASTER AND
TEMPLESTOWE was hereunto fixed, in the
presence of:
E. A. M. AJANI,
Mayor
P. J. MULCAHY,
Councillor
G. J. MORTON
Town Clerk
(L.S.)
THE COMMON SEAL OF SERPELL
COMMUNITY PROJECT PTY. LIMITED
was hereunto fixed, in the presence of:
J. SYME, Director
G. E. Morgan,
Secretary
(L.S.)
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General Information
The Serpell Joint Schools Act 1981 was assented to on 15 December 1981
and came into operation on 24 March 1982: Government Gazette 24 March
1982 page 809.
Endnotes
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsSerpell Joint Schools Act 1981
Act No. 9636/1981
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2. Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Serpell Joint Schools Act 1981 by
Acts and subordinate instruments.
Endnotes
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsSerpell Joint Schools Act 1981
Act No. 9636/1981
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3. Explanatory Details
No entries at date of publication.
Endnotes