University Secretary's Department Statutes and Regulation

Statute 9.25 - The Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology

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Recitals

  1. By section 18 of the Melbourne University Act 1958 power is conferred on the University to make and alter statutes for the affiliation to or connection with the University of any college or educational establishment subject to certain conditions set out in that section.
  2. The Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology ("the Institute") was established by the Coroners Act 1985 as a body corporate with the following objects-
    1. to provide, promote and assist in the provision of forensic pathology and related services in Victoria and, as far as practicable, oversee and co-ordinate those services in Victoria;
    2. to promote, provide and assist in the postgraduate instruction and training of trainee specialist pathologists in the field of forensic pathology in Victoria;
    3. to promote, provide and assist in the postgraduate instruction and training of persons qualified in biological sciences in the field of toxicological and forensic science in Victoria;
    4. to provide training facilities for doctors, medical undergraduates and such other persons as may be considered appropriate by the Council to assist in the proper functioning of the Institute; and
    5. to conduct research in the fields of forensic pathology, forensic science and associated fields as approved by the Council of the Institute.
  3. By an agreement dated 10 February 1988 the Institute and the University have agreed to the affiliation of the Institute to the University.
  4. The Institute has consented to the provisions of this statute.

Affiliation of the Institute

9.25.1 (1) The Institute is an educational establishment affiliated to the University for the purposes of-

  1. promoting the teaching and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University and providing facilities therefor;
  2. promoting and encouraging appropriate research amongst such students and providing facilities therefor;
  3. providing a co-operative effort between the staff of the Institute and the staff of the University towards teaching and research in areas of common interest; and
  4. promoting and encouraging appropriate research between members of staff of the Institute and members of staff of the University and providing facilities therefor.

(2) Nothing in this statute requires the University to bear any part of the cost of the provision of facilities for teaching or research work in the Institute.

(3) This affiliation ceases on the termination for any reason of the agreement referred to in recital 3.

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