Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsFor sections 21, 22, 23, 23A, 24, 25 and 26 of the Melbourne College of Divinity Act 1910 substitute —
(1) There shall be an Academic Board for the purposes of—
(a) oversight of academic programs and courses of study in the College and other academic affairs of the College;
(b) providing advice to the Council on the academic programs and courses of study in the College and other academic affairs of the College.
(2) The Academic Board consists of the number of members that the regulations prescribe.
(1) The Academic Board—
(a) may discuss and submit to the Council an opinion on any matter relating to academic programs and courses of study of the College and, in particular, may make to the Council any recommendations that it thinks proper with respect to instruction, studies, discipline, examinations, assessments, research, degrees, diplomas, certificates and other awards in those programs or courses of study of the College; and
(b) must report to the Council on all matters submitted to it by the Council for report.
(2) The Academic Board has any other powers and duties that are conferred or imposed upon it by this Act or by the regulations.
(3) The Academic Board may regulate its own proceedings subject to this Act and except as otherwise prescribed by the regulations.
(1) The Academic Board may appoint boards and committees that are constituted in accordance with the regulations.
(2) A board or committee appointed by the Academic Board must report to the Academic Board on its activities at the times and in the manner that the Academic Board directs.
(1) The Council, on the advice of the Academic Board and in accordance with the regulations, may recognise an institution or a group of institutions as being authorised by the College to teach and examine students in academic programs and courses of study that will lead to the award by the Council of a degree, diploma, certificate or other award relating to a program or course of study.
(2) The Academic Board is responsible for ensuring that recognised teaching institutions account to the Board for all academic matters relating to courses of study and programs offered by the institution that lead to the award by the Council of a degree, diploma, certificate or other award relating to that program or course of study.
(3) The Council or the Academic Board may require a recognised teaching institution to provide any of the following information relating to academic programs or courses of study provided by the institution—
(a) the curricula of those programs or courses of study;
(b) the qualifications and experience of staff of the institution teaching the programs or courses of study;
(c) the views of students undertaking those programs or courses of study;
(d) any other information that the Board or the Council believes is necessary for the evaluation or improvement of the quality of the delivery of those programs or courses of study.
(4) The Council, on the advice of the Academic Board and in accordance with the regulations, may revoke the recognition of a teaching institution, if it is of the opinion that the teaching institution should no longer be recognised for the purpose of providing academic programs or courses of study that lead to the award of degree, diploma, certificate or other award by the Council.
The College may—
(a) conduct academic programs and courses of study for the admission to an examination or to a degree, diploma, certificate or other award of the College;
(b) hold examinations for the academic programs and courses of study conducted by the College in the manner, at the times and in the subjects that are prescribed.
(1) Subject to the regulations, the Council may, after appropriate assessment, confer any degree or grant any diploma, certificate or other award (including a post-graduate award) in Divinity or associated disciplines.
(2) The Council may admit honoris causa to any degree in Divinity any person whether or not the person has graduated at the College.
(3) If the regulations so provide, the Council may, in prescribed circumstances and in the manner prescribed, revoke any degree, diploma, certificate or other award conferred or granted by the Council.
The Council may, in accordance with the regulations, confer the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon a person who has completed—
(a) work of distinction that, in the opinion of the Council, is an original and substantial contribution to the study of theology; or
(b) over an extended period of time, work of distinction that, in the opinion of the Council, is an outstanding internationally recognised contribution to the advancement of learning in Divinity.".