THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
council (ELECTIONS) ORDER 2016
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1. Authority for making the instrument. Council (Elections) Statute 2016, section 21.
2. Purpose and operation of the instrument. The Order prescribes, for paragraph 10(1)(k) of the Australian National University Act 1991, the bodies that are to be regarded as colleges and research schools and the persons who are to be regarded as the dean or head of such a body.
3. Documents incorporated in the instrument by reference. None.
4. Consultation process. The Order was made by the Vice-Chancellor on 1 June 2016. The Order was made in response to the recommendations of the Review of the Australian National University (ANU) Act 1991 and the governance arrangements of the ANU (the Walker Review) of 2014. The provisions of the Order were drafted in consultation with the ANU Students’ Association and ANU Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association.
Corporate Governance and Risk Office
1 June 2016