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An Act to provide for matters relating to NextSense.
This Act is the NextSense Act 1998.
This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.
In this Act—
(a) the Royal New South Wales Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, and
(b) the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.
(Repealed)
The Royal New South Wales Institute for Deaf and Blind Children constituted under the Royal New South Wales Institute for Deaf and Blind Children Act 1905 is continued by this Act as a body corporate with the corporate name of “NextSense”.
NextSense is the same legal entity as the legal entity continued by this Act.
The Institute is not, and does not represent, the Crown.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Institute—
(a) is not an instrumentality or agency of the State, and
(b) is not entitled to any immunity or privilege of the State, and
(c) is not a public authority for any purpose and is taken not to have been constituted or established for a public purpose or for a purpose of the State.
The object of the Institute is to provide support and services to the following—
(a) persons living with hearing or vision loss,
(b) the families of persons living with hearing or vision loss,
(c) persons or bodies involved in providing care, support or other services to persons with hearing or vision loss.
The Institute is not to carry out its activities for the purpose of private gain for particular persons.
The Institute has the functions necessary or convenient to enable it to achieve its object.
The members of the Institute are persons who have been admitted to membership of the Institute by the Board in accordance with the by-laws.
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