South Australian Consolidated Acts

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE ACT 1971 - SECT 4

4—Continuance and powers of University

        (1)         The University of Adelaide continues in existence.

        (2)         The University consists of the Council, members of the academic staff, members of the general staff, graduates and students.

        (3)         Subject to subsection (5), the University is a body corporate invested with full juristic capacity and unfettered discretion, subject to the laws of this State, to conduct its affairs in the manner it thinks fit.

        (4)         The University may exercise its powers within or outside the State (including outside Australia).

        (5)         The University must not alienate (except by way of lease for a term not exceeding 21 years), mortgage or charge land vested in or conveyed to the University under—

            (a)         section 16 of The Adelaide University Act 1874 ;

            (b)         the University Site Act 1876 ;

            (c)         the University Land Act 1929 ;

            (d)         section 6 of the Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Merger of Tertiary Institutions) Act 1990 to the extent that it applies to land vested in the Roseworthy Agricultural College under the Roseworthy Agriculture College Act 1973 ;

            (e)         section 26 of the Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Merger of Tertiary Institutions) Act 1990 ;

            (f)         the Waite Trust,

except with, and in accordance with any terms or conditions of, an approval given by the Governor.

        (6)         The University is not an instrumentality or agency of the Crown.

        (7)         To avoid doubt, subsection (5) does not confer any power to alienate land contrary to the terms of a trust relating to the land.