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UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA (UNIVERSITY SEAL) STATUTE 2007*

DI2007/217

Table of Provisions

1.	Citation
2.	Commencement
3.	Repeal
4.	Definitions
5.	Documents to which seal is to be affixed
6.	Affixing of seal to other documents
7.	Attestation
8.	Appointment of person to be Secretary

Citation

1.	This Statute may be cited as the University of Canberra (University Seal) Statute 2007.

Commencement

2.	This Statute commences on the date of notification.

Repeal

3.	The University of Canberra University Seal Statute 1992 is repealed.

Definitions

4. 	In this Statute, unless the contrary intention appears:
“seal” means the seal of the University referred to in section 4 of the University of Canberra Act 1989 (ACT);
“Secretary” means:

		(a)	the Secretary of Council; or

(b)	 an officer of the University appointed under section 7.

Documents to which seal is to be affixed

5. 	Where the Council has, under section 4 of the University of Canberra Act 1989 (ACT), authorised the use of the seal on:

(a) 	the certificate or other like document (in this section called “testamur”) issued to a person as evidence that the person has been admitted to a degree, diploma or certificate of the University; and

(b) 	each Statute made by the Council; and

(c)	any other document which is approved by the Council and which is required to be under the seal;

the Secretary  must affix the seal to each such testamur, Statute or other document.

Affixing of seal to other documents

6. 	(1) 	Where a document, other than a document referred to in section 4, is required 
		to be under the seal, the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor may, acting on
behalf of the Council, direct the Secretary  to affix the seal to that document.

(2) 	Where the seal is affixed under subsection (1) at the direction of the Chancellor 
or the Vice-Chancellor, the Secretary must, at the first opportunity, report to the Council the action so taken.

(3) 	Where the seal is affixed in accordance with this section, the affixing is taken to have been authorised by the Council.

Attestation

7. 	The affixing of the seal to any document must be attested by at least two of the Chancellor or the Vice Chancellor or the Secretary.

Appointment of person to be Secretary

8. 	The Vice-Chancellor may appoint an officer of the University to be the Secretary for the purposes of this Statute.

 The foregoing Statute is made by Council under section 40 of the University of Canberra Act 1989.

Given under the seal of the University of Canberra on 13 August 2007.

Stephen Parker
Vice-Chancellor

Gregory Jones
Secretary of Council

Under subsection 42(2) of the University of Canberra Act 1989 the foregoing Statute is approved by the Executive.

Andrew Barr						Jon Stanhope
Minister for Education				Chief Minister
and Training

Dated 5 September 2007				Dated 5 September 2007