Australian Capital Territory
University of Canberra (Academic Progress) Statute 2015
Disallowable instrument DI2015–261
made under the  
University of Canberra Act 1989, s 40 (Statutes)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the University of Canberra (Academic Progress) Statute 2015. 
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after its notification day. 
3	Revocation
(1)	This instrument revokes the University of Canberra Academic Progress Statute 1995 DI1995-168.
(2)	Any decision, finding, appointment, Rules or direction made, continued or given, under the Academic Progress Statute 1995 is deemed to have been made under this Statute, and may be amended, suspended, disallowed or repealed under this Statute. 
4	Definitions
In this Statute, unless the contrary intention appears:
Academic Board means the Academic Board of the University established by section 19 of the Act;
academic probation means, when applied to a student, that the student’s continuation of their course of study is subject to specified conditions;
appropriate review authority means an authority referred to in section 5;
faculty means a faculty determined by the Council under section 8 of the Act;
Faculty Board means the Board of Studies of a faculty of the University.
5	Appropriate review authority
For the purposes of this Statute, the appropriate review authorities are:
(a)	the Academic Board; and
(b)	the Faculty Boards; and
(c)	a committee or committees appointed by resolution of the Academic Board.
6	Academic progress rules
(1)	The Council may make rules, not inconsistent with the Act or a Statute, dealing with the academic progress of students.
(2)	Rules made under subsection (1) may provide for an appropriate review authority:
(a)	to review the academic progress of a student; and
(b)	to place on academic probation a student whose academic progress has been found by an appropriate review authority not to meet certain criteria; and
(c)	to take action in respect of a student who has been placed on academic probation and who has been found by the appropriate review authority not to have met the conditions of that probation, including action:
(i)	prohibiting the student from continuing with, or taking, any course of study or any unit of a course of study, or taking any examination in such a course or unit; or
(ii)	prohibiting the student from continuing with, or taking, any course of study, or any unit of a course of study, or taking any examination in such a course or unit, otherwise than in accordance with such conditions as are specified in the direction.
(3)	Rules made under subsection (1) that empower an appropriate review authority (other than the Academic Board) to take action in respect of a student may also provide for the review, by the Academic Board, of any decision by the appropriate review authority to take action in respect of the student.

The foregoing statute is made by Council under section 40 of the University of Canberra Act 1989.
In making this statute the University had regard to the provisions of section 40B (1) (b) of the Human Rights Act 2004.
Given under the seal of the University of Canberra on 13 August 2015.
Maria Storti	Stephen Parker
Secretary of Council	Vice-Chancellor
Under section 42 (2) of the University of Canberra Act 1989 the foregoing Statute is approved by the Executive.
Joy Burch	Andrew Barr
Minister for Education and Training	Chief Minister
8 September 2015	25 August 2015