CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967
- Reprinted as at 19 December 1973 (HISTACT CHAP 1940 #DATE 19:12:1973)
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Establishment of College
5. Functions of College
6. Powers of the College
7. The Council
8. Constitution of Council
9. (Repealed)
10. Members elected by teaching staff
10A. Members elected by students
11. Members appointed by the Governor-General
12. Members appointed by Council
13. Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council
14. Disqualifications
15. Vacation of office
16. Meetings of Council
17. Validity of proceedings
18. (Repealed)
19. Principal of College
20. Terms and conditions of service of staff
21. Statutes
22. Statutes to be approved by the Governor-General and notified in
Gazette
23. No religious test
24. Contracts by College
25. Fees
26. Moneys of College
27. Bank accounts
28. Proper accounts to be kept
29. Audit
30. Reports
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 1.
Short title.
SECT
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973
An Act to establish a College of Advanced Education in the Australian Capital
Territory.
Short title amended; No. 32, 1918, s. 2.
1. This Act may be cited as the Canberra College of Advanced Education Act
1967-1973.*
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 2.
Commencement.
SECT
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 3.
Definitions.
SECT
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 3.
3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
''ex officio member'' means a member being the Principal of the College, the
Vice-Chancellor or the Deputy Vice-Chancellor;
''member'' means a member of the Council;
''the College'' means the Canberra College of Advanced Education established
by this Act;
''the Council'' means the Council of the Canberra College of Advanced
Education established under this Act;
''the Deputy Vice-Chancellor'' means the person holding the office of Deputy
Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University;
''the Vice-Chancellor'' means the person holding the office of
Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 4.
Establishment of College.
SECT
4. (1) A body corporate is hereby established under the name ''Canberra
College of Advanced Education''.
(2) The College-
(a) shall have a seal;
(b) has power to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;
and
(c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3) The design of the seal of the College shall be as determined by the
Council.
(4) The seal of the College shall be kept in such custody as the Council
directs and shall not be used except as authorized by the Council.
(5) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial
notice of the seal of the College affixed to a document and shall presume that
it was duly affixed.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 5.
Functions of College.
SECT
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 4.
5. The functions of the College are-
(a) to conduct, in the Australian Capital Territory, an institution for the
provision of education and training of such kinds, and in such departments of
science, technology, art, administration, commerce and other fields of
knowledge or of the application of knowledge, as the Council, with the
approval of the Minister, determines or as the Minister requires, and, in
particular, education and training appropriate to professional and other
occupations requiring advanced education;
(b) to use the facilities and resources of the College to advance and
develop knowledge and skills in the fields with which the College is
concerned;
(c) to award such degrees, diplomas and certificates in relation to the
passing of examinations or otherwise in relation to the education and training
provided by the College as are provided for by the Statutes; and
(d) to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of the
foregoing functions.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 6.
Powers of the College.
SECT
6. (1) The College has power to do, in the Australian Capital Territory or
elsewhere, all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in
connexion with the performance of its functions.
(2) Without limiting the generality of the last preceding sub-section, the
powers of the College referred to in that sub-section include power-
(a) to enter into contracts;
(b) to purchase, take on lease or otherwise acquire, and to sell, grant
leases of, or otherwise dispose of, real or personal property;
(c) to erect buildings;
(d) to occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under
lease by the Commonwealth and made available for the purposes of the College;
(e) to employ such persons as are necessary;
(f) to accept gifts, devises and bequests made to the College, whether on
trust or otherwise, and to act as trustee of moneys or other property vested
in the College upon trust; and
(g) to invest moneys of the College and to dispose of investments.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 7.
The Council.
SECT
7. (1) The governing authority of the College is a Council to be known as
''The Council of the Canberra College of Advanced Education''.
(2) All acts and things done in the name of, or on behalf of, the College
with the authority of the Council shall be deemed to have been done by the
College.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 8.
Constitution of Council.
SECT
Substituted by No. 114, 1970, s. 5.
8. (1) The Council shall consist of-
(a) the Principal of the College;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor and (subject to the restriction on his right to
attend meetings contained in sub-section (5) of this section) the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor;
(c) three members of the teaching staff of the College elected by that
teaching staff;
(d) two students of the College elected by the students of the College;
(e) persons not exceeding eight in number appointed by the
Governor-General;
(f) persons not exceeding four in number appointed by the Council; and
(g) if a person other than a person who is already a member of the Council
is appointed, in accordance with section 13 of this Act, to be the Chairman of
the Council, the person so appointed.
(2) Of the three members of the teaching staff of the College referred to in
paragraph (c) of the last preceding sub-section-
(a) one shall be elected at an election at which only members of the senior
teaching staff of the College are eligible to be candidates; and
(b) the others shall be elected at an election or elections at which,
subject to the Statutes, any member of the teaching staff may be a candidate.
(3) The Statutes relating to the election of the two students referred to in
paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of this section may make such provision with
respect to the students who may be candidates at an election or with respect
to the students who may vote at an election, or with respect to both those
matters, as the Council thinks desirable with a view to ensuring the separate
representation on the Council of full-time students of the College or of
part-time students of the College.
(4) If a person other than the Principal of the College is for the time
being performing the duties of the office of Principal of the College, that
person may attend meetings of the Council and, for the purposes of those
meetings, shall be deemed to be a member of the Council.
(5) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor is not entitled to attend a meeting of the
Council that is attended by the Vice-Chancellor or a person entitled to attend
that meeting by virtue of the next succeeding sub-section.
(6) If a person other than the Vice-Chancellor or the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
is for the time being performing the duties of the office of Vice-Chancellor,
that person may, in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, attend meetings of the
Council and, for the purposes of those meetings, shall be deemed to be a
member of the Council.
(7) If a person other than the Deputy Vice-Chancellor is for the time being
performing the duties of the office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, that person may
attend meetings of the Council, not being meetings attended by the
Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor or a person entitled to attend the
meeting by virtue of the last preceding sub-section, and, for the purposes of
those meetings, shall be deemed to be a member of the Council.
(8) The term of office of a member other than an ex officio member shall be
as provided by this Act, but, subject to sub-section (6) of section 10A of
this Act, such a member is eligible for re-appointment or re-election.
Section 9 repealed by No. 114, 1970, s. 6.
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CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 10.
Members elected by teaching staff.
SECT
10. (1) In this section, ''staff member'' means a member of the Council
referred to in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of this Act.
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 7.
(2) Of the three staff members first elected, one shall hold office, subject
to this Act, for a period of two years and two shall hold office, subject to
this Act, for a period of one year, and the terms of office of those members
shall commence on a date to be determined by the Minister.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a staff member shall hold
office, subject to this Act, for a period of two years from the expiration of
the term of office of the member whose place he fills.
(4) If a staff member has ceased to hold office before the expiration of his
term of office, a staff member shall, if the Minister so directs, be elected
to hold office until the expiration of that term, and the election shall be
held in accordance with whichever of the paragraphs of subsection (2) of
section 8 of this Act was applicable to the election of the member who has
ceased to hold office.
(5) A staff member ceases to be a member if he ceases to be a member of the
teaching staff of the College.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 10A.
Members elected by students.
SECT
Inserted by No. 114, 1970, s. 8.
10A. (1) In this section, ''student member'' means a member of the Council
referred to in paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of this Act.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a student member shall
hold office, subject to this Act, for a period of one year and the term of
office of a student member shall commence-
(a) if it is the first term of office of one of the two student members
first elected-on a date to be determined by the Minister; and
(b) in any other case-on the expiration of the term of office of the member
whose place the student member fills.
(3) If a student member has ceased to hold office before the expiration of
his term of office, a student member shall, if the Minister so directs, be
elected to hold office from the date of his election until the expiration of
that term, and the election shall be held in accordance with any Statute that
was applicable to the election of the member who has ceased to hold office.
(4) Except as otherwise provided by the Statutes, a student member ceases to
be a member if the Council determines that he has ceased to be a student of
the College.
(5) The Statutes may provide that-
(a) a student member elected at an election at which only full-time
students of the College were eligible to be candidates ceases to be a member
if he ceases to be a full-time student of the College; or
(b) a student member elected at an election at which only part-time
students of the College were eligible to be candidates ceases to be a member
if he ceases to be a part-time student of the College.
(6) Where a person has been elected as a student member on two occasions, he
is not eligible to be again elected as a student member.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 11.
Members appointed by the Governor-General.
SECT
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 9.
11. A member appointed by the Governor-General in accordance with paragraph
(e) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of this Act shall be appointed to hold
office, subject to this Act, for such period, not exceeding four years, as the
Governor-General thinks fit.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 12.
Members appointed by Council.
SECT
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 10.
12. A member appointed by the Council in accordance with paragraph (f) of
sub-section (1) of section 8 of this Act shall be appointed to hold office,
subject to this Act, for such period, not exceeding four years, as the Council
thinks fit.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 13.
Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council.
SECT
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 11.
13. (1) The Council shall, from time to time as occasion requires-
(a) appoint a member of the Council (not being an ex officio member) or
another person to be the Chairman of the Council; and
(b) appoint a member of the Council to be the Deputy Chairman of the
Council.
(2) If the Council appoints as Chairman a person who is not a member, the
Council shall specify a period, not exceeding four years, as the term for
which he is appointed, and the person so appointed-
(a) becomes a member on the date on which his appointment as Chairman takes
effect and continues to be a member, subject to this Act, for the period so
specified by the Council;
(b) ceases to be the Chairman at the end of the period so specified or if
he sooner ceases to be a member; and
(c) may resign his office as Chairman by writing under his hand delivered
to the Minister, in which event he also ceases to be a member.
(3) A member of the Council appointed as Chairman or Deputy Chairman holds
office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman-
(a) for the period, if any, fixed by the Council at the time of the
appointment; or
(b) if no period is so fixed, until the expiration of his term of office as
a member that is current at the time of the appointment,
but ceases to be the Chairman or Deputy Chairman if he ceases to be a member,
and may resign his office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman by writing under his
hand delivered to the Deputy Chairman or to the Chairman.
(4) A person is eligible to be re-appointed as the Chairman or Deputy
Chairman.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 14.
Disqualifications.
SECT
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 12.
14. A person who-
(a) is not of the full age of eighteen years;
(b) is an undischarged bankrupt or a person in respect of whom there is in
operation a composition, deed of arrangement or deed of assignment with his
creditors under the law relating to bankruptcy; or
(c) is under sentence of imprisonment for an offence,
is not capable of becoming a member.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 15.
Vacation of office.
SECT
15. (1) If a member other than an ex officio member-
(a) becomes a person referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the last
preceding section;
(b) is absent without leave of the Council from three consecutive meetings
of the Council; or
(c) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with his obligations under
the next succeeding sub-section,
the Governor-General shall remove him from office.
(2) A member who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or
proposed to be made by the College, otherwise than as a member of, and in
common with the other members of, an incorporated company consisting of not
less than twenty-five persons, shall, as soon as possible after the relevant
facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a
meeting of the Council.
(3) A disclosure under the last preceding sub-section shall be recorded in
the minutes of the Council and the member-
(a) shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or
decision of the Council with respect to the contract; and
(b) shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the
Council for any such deliberation or decision.
(4) If an interest referred to in sub-section (2) of this section is patent,
that sub-section does not apply but the last preceding sub-section applies as
if there had been a disclosure in accordance with sub-section (2) of this
section.
(5) The Governor-General may remove a member other than an ex officio member
from office on the ground of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.
(6) A member other than an ex officio member may resign from membership of
the Council by writing under his hand delivered to the Chairman or the Deputy
Chairman.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 16.
Meetings of Council.
SECT
16. (1) The Chairman or if, for any reason, the Chairman is not available,
the Deputy Chairman-
(a) may convene meetings of the Council, and shall comply with any
resolution of the Council with respect to the convening of meetings; and
(b) shall, on receipt of a written request signed by not less than four
members, convene a meeting of the Council.
(2) If neither the Chairman nor the Deputy Chairman is available, the
Minister may convene a meeting of the Council.
(3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he is
present.
(4) At a meeting of the Council at which the Chairman is not present, the
Deputy Chairman shall preside.
(5) At a meeting of the Council at which neither the Chairman nor the Deputy
Chairman is present, the members present shall appoint one of their number to
preside.
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 13.
(6) At a meeting of the Council, one-half of the members for the time being
of the Council, the Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor being
counted as one member, constitute a quorum.
(7) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, all questions arising at a
meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the
members present and voting, and for this purpose the member presiding at the
meeting has a deliberative vote only.
(8) In the event of an equality of votes on a resolution proposed at a
meeting of the Council, the resolution shall be taken not to be passed, but if
the same resolution is proposed at the next meeting of the Council held on a
subsequent day and there is again an equality of votes, the member presiding
at that meeting has a casting vote on the proposed resolution.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 17.
Validity of proceedings.
SECT
17. No act or proceeding of, or of the members of any committee of, the
Council, is invalidated by reason of-
(a) a defect in the appointment or election of a member;
(b) a disqualification of a member;
(c) a defect in the convening of a meeting; or
(d) a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Council.
Section 18 repealed by No. 114, 1970, s. 14.
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CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 19.
Principal of College.
SECT
19. There is hereby established an office in the service of the College of
Principal of the College.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 20.
Terms and conditions of service of staff.
SECT
20. (1) Except as otherwise provided by the Statutes of the College, persons
employed by the College shall be employed on such terms and conditions,
including conditions with respect to the duration of the employment or with
respect to dismissal from employment, as the Council determines.
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 15; and No. 216, 1973, s. 3.
(2) Where a person employed by the College was, immediately before becoming
so employed, an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth-
(a) he retains his existing and accruing rights; and
(b) for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as a person so
employed shall be taken into account as if it were service in the Public
Service of the Commonwealth.
Amended by No. 216, 1973, s. 3.
(3) The College shall be deemed to be-
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(b) a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the definition of ''
Approved authority '' in sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Superannuation
Act 1922-1967; and
(c) a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the Air Accidents
(Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 21.
Statutes.
SECT
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 16.
21. (1) The Council may make Statutes, not inconsistent with this Act, with
respect to any of the following matters:-
(a) the management, good government and discipline of the College and of
the institution conducted by the College;
(b) the imposition, by or on behalf of the College, of penalties upon
students of the College or persons employed by the College for contravention
of, or failure to comply with, a Statute with respect to a matter referred to
in the last preceding paragraph;
(c) the election of members of the Council by the teaching staff of the
College, including-
(i) the persons who are to be regarded as members of the teaching
staff, and the persons who are to be regarded as members of the senior
teaching staff, for the purposes of such an election;
(ii) the determination of questions arising in relation to the conduct
or result of such an election; and
(iii) the determination by lot of the respective periods for which the
three members first elected are to hold office in accordance with sub-section
(2) of section 10 of this Act;
(ca) the election of members of the Council by the students of the College,
including-
(i) the persons who are to be regarded as students of the College, the
persons who are to be regarded as full-time students of the College, and the
persons who are to be regarded as part-time students of the College, for the
purposes of such an election; and
(ii) the determination of questions arising in relation to the conduct
or result of such an election;
(d) admission of persons to courses of study or instruction of the College
or to examinations of the College;
(e) the courses of study and instruction of the College;
(ea) the degrees, diplomas and certificates that may be awarded by the
College and the requirements for their award;
(f) the granting by the College of scholarships, bursaries and prizes;
(g) the granting of exemption from payment of fees to all or any persons
employed by the College otherwise than in a part-time capacity;
(h) the provision of superannuation or similar benefits for, or in respect
of, persons employed by the College; and
(i) any other matter necessary or convenient for giving effect to this
Act.
(2) The Council may make Statutes-
(a) for or in relation to the regulation or control of traffic, or of the
parking, stopping, standing or leaving of vehicles, on land occupied by the
College in the Australian Capital Territory, including Statutes authorizing,
and providing for the effect of, signs and markings; and
(b) providing for the punishment, upon summary conviction, by a fine not
exceeding Twenty dollars, of offences against such a Statute.
(3) A Statute made under the last preceding sub-section shall not be
inconsistent with a law of the Australian Capital Territory, but shall not be
taken to be inconsistent with such a law by reason only that it makes
provisions with respect to a matter dealt with by that law, being provisions
that can be complied with without contravention of that law.
(4) A Statute may provide for empowering any authority (including the
Council) or officer of the College to make rules, not inconsistent with this
Act or a Statute, with respect to a matter with respect to which Statutes may
be made under sub-section (1) of this section, or for carrying out or giving
effect to the Statutes made under that sub-section.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 22.
Statutes to be approved by the Governor-General and notified in Gazette.
SECT
22. (1) A Statute made by the Council shall be sealed with the seal of the
College and transmitted by the Council for the approval of the
Governor-General.
(2) A Statute approved by the Governor-General shall be notified in the
Gazette, and, upon notification, has the force of law.
(3) The Statutes shall be numbered consecutively in the order in which they
are notified in the Gazette, and a notice in the Gazette of the fact that a
Statute has been made, specifying the number of the Statute and a place at
which copies of the Statute may be purchased, is sufficient compliance with
the requirement that the Statute is to be notified in the Gazette
(4) A copy of every Statute notified in the Gazette shall be laid before
each House of the Parliament within fifteen sitting days of that House after
it is so notified.
(5) The production of a document purporting to be a copy of a Statute and to
be sealed with the seal of the College or to have been printed by the
Government Printer is, in all proceedings, evidence of the Statute.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 23.
No religious test.
SECT
Amended by No. 114, 1970, s. 17.
23. No religious test shall be administered or imposed, and no
discrimination based on religion shall be applicable, in respect of-
(a) admission to any course of study or instruction of the College;
(b) the conferring of a degree, diploma or certificate of the College;
(c) employment by the College; or
(d) the enjoyment of any benefit, advantage or privilege in relation to the
College.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 24.
Contracts by College.
SECT
24. (1) A contract to be made by the College, being a contract that, if made
by a person other than a body corporate, would be by law required to be in
writing under the seal of that person, may be made on behalf of the College in
writing under the seal of the College.
(2) A contract to which the last preceding sub-section does not apply-
(a) is not invalid by reason only that it is not executed under the seal of
the College;
(b) may be made on behalf of the College by a person acting with the
authority of the College, express or implied; and
(c) if made in writing, may be executed on behalf of the College by that
person.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 25.
Fees.
SECT
25. (1) Subject to this section, fees are payable to the College, at such
rates as, subject to any directions of the Minister, the Council determines
for all courses of study or instruction of the College, for entry to
examinations conducted by the College and for such other facilities or
privileges of the College as the Council determines or the Minister directs.
(2) A student who has been granted by the College, in accordance with the
Statutes, a scholarship or bursary, is exempt from payment of fees to the
extent of the exemption applicable under the scholarship or bursary .
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 26.
Moneys of College.
SECT
26. (1) There are payable to the College such amounts as are appropriated by
the Parliament for the purposes of the College.
(2) Moneys payable to the College under the last preceding subsection shall
be paid in such amounts and at such times as the Minister determines.
(3) All moneys, including fees, received by the College, other than moneys
held upon trust, shall be applied solely for the purposes of the College.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 27.
Bank accounts.
SECT
27. (1) The College may open and maintain an account or accounts with an
approved bank or approved banks and shall maintain at all times at least one
such account.
(2) The College shall pay all moneys of the College into an account referred
to in this section.
(3) In this section, ''approved bank'' means the Reserve Bank of Australia
or another bank approved by the Treasurer.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 28.
Proper accounts to be kept.
SECT
28. The Council shall cause to be kept proper accounts and records of the
transactions and affairs of the College and shall do all things necessary to
ensure that all payments out of the moneys of the College are correctly made
and properly authorized and that adequate control is maintained over the
assets of, or in the custody of, the College and the incurring of liabilities
by the College.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 29.
Audit.
SECT
29. (1) The Auditor-General shall from time to time inspect and audit the
accounts and records of financial transactions of the College, or relating to
property of the College, including money or other property held on trust, and
shall forthwith draw the Minister's attention to any irregularity revealed by
the inspection and audit which, in the opinion of the Auditor-General, is of
sufficient importance to justify his so doing.
(2) The Auditor-General or an officer authorized by him is entitled at all
reasonable times to full and free access to all accounts, records, documents
and papers of the College relating directly or indirectly to the receipt or
payment of moneys by the College or to the acquisition, receipt, custody or
disposal of assets of the College.
(3) The Auditor-General or an officer authorized by him may make copies of
or take extracts from any such accounts, records, documents or papers.
(4) The Auditor-General or an officer authorized by him may require a member
of the Council or Interim Council or of the staff of the College to furnish
him with such information in the possession of that person or to which that
person has access as the Auditor-General or authorized officer considers
necessary for the purposes of an inspection or audit under this Act, and that
person shall comply with the requirement.
CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - SECT. 30.
Reports.
SECT
30. (1) The Council shall, within six months after each thirty-first day of
December, furnish to the Minister a report of the operations of the College
during the year ended on that date, together with financial statements in
respect of that year in such form as the Treasurer approves.
(2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the Council
shall submit them to the Auditor-General, who shall report-
(a) whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records;
(b) whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records
and show fairly the financial operations and the state of the affairs of the
College;
(c) whether the receipt and expenditure of moneys by the College during the
year have been in accordance with this Act; and
(d) as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the
Auditor-General considers should be reported to the Minister.
(3) The Minister shall lay the report and financial statements, together
with the report of the Auditor-General, before each House of the Parliament
within fifteen sitting days of that House after their receipt by the
Minister.
Sub-section (4) omitted by No. 114, 1970, s.18.
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CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ACT 1967-1973 - NOTE
NOTE
1. The Canberra College of Advanced Education Act 1967-1973 comprises the
Canberra College of Advanced Education Act 1967 as amended by the other Acts
specified in the following table:
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Number Date of
Act and year Date of
Assent commencement
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Canberra College of
Advanced Education Act
1967 No. 104, 1967 14 Nov 1967 14 Nov 1967
Canberra College of
Advanced Education Act
1970 No. 114, 1970 11 Nov 1970 11 Nov 1970
Statute Law Revision Act
1973 No. 216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973
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