Victoria University of Wellington Amendment Act 1957
Victoria University of Wellington Amendment Act 1957
Victoria University of Wellington Amendment Act 1957
Victoria University of Wellington Amendment Act 1957
Public Act |
1957 No 24 |
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Date of assent |
16 October 1957 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Victoria University College Act 1933
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Victoria University of Wellington Amendment Act 1957, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Act heretofore known as the Victoria University College Act 1933 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Interpretation
(1)
Section two of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definitions of the terms “The College”
, and “The Principal”
.
(2)
Section two of the principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting in their appropriate alphabetical order the following definitions:
“‘The Chancellor’ means the Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington elected under this Act:
“‘The Pro-Chancellor’ means the Pro-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington appointed under this Act:
“‘The University’ means the Victoria University of Wellington constituted under this Act:
“‘The Vice-Chancellor’ means the Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington appointed under this Act:
3 Alteration of Short Titles of Acts
(1)
The principal Act may hereafter be cited as the Victoria University of Wellington Act 1933; and the Victoria University College Amendment Act 1947 may hereafter be cited as the Victoria University of Wellington Amendment Act 1947.
(2)
Every reference in any enactment or document whatsoever to the Short Title of either of the said Acts is hereby consequentially amended by omitting the word “College”
, and substituting the words “of Wellington”
.
4 College to become a University
(1)
The Victoria University College established by the principal Act shall hereafter be called the Victoria University of Wellington.
(2)
Except as provided in subsection three of this section, every reference in the principal Act or in any other enactment or document whatsoever to the Victoria University College (however it is described) shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Victoria University of Wellington:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the name of any other association or body which has the words “Victoria University College”
as part of its name.
(3)
Wherever in the principal Act or in any amendment thereof, or in any course regulations within the meaning of the New Zealand University Act 1908, or in the statutes made by the Senate of the University of New Zealand, the one word “College”
is used to describe the Victoria University College, the reference to the College shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the University.
(4)
The corporate identity of the said University shall not be affected by the passing of this Act; and the said University shall, notwithstanding the change of its name effected by this section, continue to be for all purposes the same institution with the same powers and the same relationship to the University of New Zealand as before the passing of this Act.
(5)
Section three of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection one the words “a college”
, and substituting the words “a constituent institution”
.
(6)
Section three of the principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting from subsection four the word “College”
in the second and last places where it appears, and substituting in each case the word “institution”
.
5 Council of the Victoria University of Wellington
(1)
The Victoria University College Council shall hereafter be called the Council of the Victoria University of Wellington.
(2)
Except where it is referred to as the Council, every reference in the principal Act or in any other enactment or document whatsoever to the Victoria University College Council (however it is described) shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Council of the Victoria University of Wellington.
6 Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington
(1)
The Chairman of the Council shall hereafter be called the Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington.
(2)
Section thirteen of the principal Act is hereby amended—
(a)
By omitting from subsection one the word “Chairman”
where it first appears, and substituting the words “Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington”
:
(b)
By omitting from subsection four the words “be the Chairman for the purposes of”
, and substituting the words “preside at”
:
(c)
By omitting from subsection five the word “Chairman”
, and substituting the words “person presiding at the meeting”
.
(3)
Every other reference in the principal Act or in any amendment thereof to the Chairman of the Council, whether he is described as the Chairman of the Council or as the Chairman or in any other way, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Chancellor.
(4)
Every reference in any other enactment or document whatsoever to the Chairman of the Victoria University College Council, however he is described, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington.
7 Pro-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington
(1)
The Deputy Chairman of the Council shall hereafter be called the Pro-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington.
(2)
Section thirteen of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection three the words “Deputy Chairman of the Council”
, and substituting the words “Pro-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington”
.
(3)
Every other reference in the principal Act or in any amendment thereof to the Deputy Chairman of the Council, however he is described, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Pro-Chancellor.
(4)
Every reference in any other enactment or document whatsoever to the Deputy Chairman of the Victoria University College Council, however he is described, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Pro-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington.
8 Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington
(1)
The Principal of the College shall hereafter be called the Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington.
(2)
Section twenty-one of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection one the words “Principal of the College”
, and substituting the words “Vice- Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington”
.
(3)
Except as provided in section two of this Act, every other reference in the principal Act or any amendment thereof to the said Principal shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Vice- Chancellor.
(4)
Every reference in any other enactment or document whatsoever to the said Principal, however he is described, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, hereafter be read as a reference to the Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington.