Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Guild of
Students of Murdoch University shall be established as a body corporate under
that name, and by virtue of this section, on 1 September 1976,
unless prior to that date the Guild is so established as a body corporate by
the Senate, which the Senate is hereby empowered to do.
(2) The Guild shall be
an organized association of students for the furthering of the common
interests of its members, and shall be the recognised means of communication
between students and the Senate, in accordance with any Statutes that the
Senate makes.
(2a) Any student is
eligible to be a member of the Guild.
(2b) The University
shall not act in a way that may dissuade or discourage a student, or person
seeking enrolment as a student, from being or becoming a member of the Guild.
[(2c) deleted]
(2d) No academic
benefit, right or privilege shall be denied to or withheld from any student by
reason of that student not being a member of the Guild.
(3) The functions of
the Guild, its powers and duties, authorities, obligations and privileges
shall be prescribed by Statute together with such other matters as are
considered by the Senate to be necessary or desirable to ensure the effective
exercise of those functions.
(4) When established
as a body corporate the Guild in its corporate name shall have perpetual
succession and an official seal, may sue and be sued and, subject to the
Statutes, may do and suffer such other acts and things as bodies corporate may
by law do and suffer.
(5) A student becomes
a member of the Guild upon enrolment, for the period of enrolment, unless at
the time of enrolment that student elects not to become a member.
(6) Subject to
subsection (7), a student becomes a member of the Guild upon enrolment,
for the period of enrolment.
(7) A student
may —
(a)
elect at the time of enrolment not to become a member of the Guild; and
(b)
resign at any time as a member of the Guild.
(8) A student cannot
hold an elective office of the Guild unless that student is a member of the
Guild.
[Section 20 amended by No. 61 of 1977
s. 7; No. 51 of 1983 s. 9; No. 91 of 1994 s. 13;
No. 44 of 2002 s. 10.]