Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts (1) On 1 January 2007, a person who, immediately
before that date, was a student of the College enrolled in a course other than
an award course becomes a student of the University.
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(2) A person who, immediately before 1 January 2007, was entitled to enrol as a student of the College in a course other than an award course is entitled to apply for enrolment as a student of the University in a course of study that is the same or substantially the same as that in which the person was entitled to enrol at the College.
(3) Despite anything to the contrary in the Melbourne University Act 1958 —
(a) statutes or regulations made under that Act by the Council of the University may authorise the Council, at the request of a person who becomes a student of the University by reason of sub-section (1), to grant to the student, subject to and in accordance with the statutes and regulations, a diploma, certificate or other award which the student is entitled to have granted before a date specified in the statute or regulation under a name that includes the title of the award and the words "Victorian College of the Arts"; and
(b) the powers of the Council of the University under section 19 of that Act extend to the granting of any diploma, certificate or other award on a person who becomes an enrolled student of the University by reason of sub-section (1) that the College might have granted to the person if this Act had not been enacted; and
(c) a person who holds a diploma, certificate or other award of the College is entitled to the same benefits and privileges at the University as are enjoyed by persons holding diplomas, certificates or other awards of the University, as if the diploma, certificate or award of the College were a diploma, certificate or award of the University.
(4) If a person was, before 1 January 2007, entitled to a diploma, certificate or other award of the College that had not been granted, the diploma, certificate or award must be granted by the Council of the University and, for that purpose, the Council may exercise in the name of the College any power that the Council of the College might have exercised before 1 January 2007 in respect of that diploma, certificate or award.