Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) There shall be a
Guild of Undergraduates.
(2) Any student is
eligible to be a member of the Guild.
(2a) 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.
[(2b) deleted]
(2c) 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 Guild shall be
an organized association of students for the furthering of their common
interests, and shall be the recognised means of communication between students
and the governing authority of the University in accordance with such Statutes
as the governing authority may prescribe.
(4) The Guild of
Undergraduates shall be a body corporate by that name with perpetual
succession and a common seal; and shall by that name be capable in law of
suing and being sued, and shall have such other powers and authorities and
shall be subject to such obligations as shall have been or shall from time to
time be prescribed by or under the Statutes for the time being in force.
(5) Subject to
subsection (6), a student becomes a member of the Guild upon enrolment,
for the period of enrolment.
(6) 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.
(7) A student cannot
hold an elective office of the Guild unless that student is a member of the
Guild.
[Section 28 amended by No. 40 of 1947
s. 2; No. 61 of 1977 s. 4; No. 51 of 1983 s. 4 3 ;
No. 91 of 1994 s. 17; No. 44 of 2002 s. 16.]