Women’s College Act 1902

This Act may be cited as the Women’s College Act 1902.

The Act fifty-third Victoria number ten is hereby repealed.

(Repealed)

In this Act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:

by-laws means by-laws under this Act.

College means the Women’s College within the University of Sydney.

Council means the Council of the Women’s College.

councillor means a councillor referred to in section 5.

elective councillor means a councillor elected under section 6 or appointed under section 7.

Treasurer means the person appointed as Treasurer of the Council under section 5A.

University means the University of Sydney.

The Council of the Women’s College shall continue and be a body corporate under that name and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and by that name may sue and be sued, and take and hold to it and its successors by grant, will, or otherwise in perpetuity, or for any term of life or years, any real or personal property, and may alien or otherwise dispose of or demise the same or any part thereof other than land granted to it as a site for buildings and recreation grounds for the College, and may do all other things incident or appertaining to a body corporate.

There shall be vested in the Council the government in all respects of the College and all matters relating thereto.

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the Council may, and shall be deemed always to have been able to, fix fees or other charges for residential accommodation or any other amenity or service provided by the Council under this Act.

(Repealed)

The Council is to consist of:

ten elective councillors, and

the following four ex-officio councillors:

the Principal of the College,

the Senior Student of the College,

the President of the union (known as the Women’s College Union) of members and friends of the College,

the person nominated by the Senate of the University under section 8 (1), and

the Treasurer (if not otherwise a councillor).

If the Treasurer is not otherwise a councillor, he or she ceases to be a councillor on ceasing to be Treasurer.

The Council may appoint a councillor as Treasurer of the Council.

If the Council is not able to appoint a councillor, the Council is to appoint any other person whom the Council considers suitable as Treasurer of the Council.

A person is not to be appointed under this section unless the person consents to the appointment.

The Treasurer may be appointed for such term (not exceeding one year) as the Council determines, and may be reappointed from time to time.

The Treasurer may, by notice in writing to the Council, resign from the position of Treasurer at any time.

The Treasurer may, subject to the by-laws, be removed from the office of Treasurer by the Council at any time.

A casual vacancy in the office of the Treasurer is to be filled in accordance with this section.

Elections for elective councillors shall be held in November of each alternate year.

Elective councillors shall hold office for four years from the first day of January next after their election, and shall be eligible for re-election.

Only persons who are members of the class of persons prescribed by the by-laws for the purposes of this subsection are qualified to vote at an election of elective councillors.

Elections for elective councillors shall be conducted in such manner as the Council may by by-laws prescribe.

A by-law made for the purposes of subsection (3) may prescribe a class of persons by reference to a roll or other instrument in writing that is required by the by-laws to be kept by a prescribed person.

A casual vacancy in the office of an elective councillor arising from death, resignation, or other cause specified in the by-laws of the Council shall be filled by the appointment by the remaining councillors of some person for the residue of the term of the councillor in whose office the vacancy arises.

An appointment required to be made under subsection (1) shall be made within 4 months of the occurrence of the casual vacancy in respect of which it is required to be made.

The Senate of the University shall from time to time nominate one member of such Senate to be a councillor of the College for a period of time specified by the Senate.

The Senate may revoke a nomination made under subsection (1).

The person nominated under subsection (1) shall be an ex-officio councillor from the commencement of the period of time for which that person has been nominated to be a councillor until:

that person ceases to be a member of the Senate,

the nomination of that person is revoked by the Senate, or

the expiration of the period of time for which that person has been nominated,

whichever first occurs.

Seven councillors shall constitute a quorum of the Council, subject to such conditions as to the due convening of meetings as the Council may determine on.

The Chancellor of the University, or, in the Chancellor’s absence, the Deputy Chancellor, shall be the Visitor of the College, and shall have the right to visit the College at any time, and with or without some other member of the University Senate, to examine the manner in which it is conducted, and to see that the by-laws and resolutions of the Council are duly observed and executed, and shall possess all other such powers as by law appertain to the office of Visitor to a College.