Universities Act 1997

Statutes.

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33.(1) Subject to this Act and to the charter, if any, of the university, a governing authority of a university or the Senate may, and where required by this Act to do so shall, make such and so many statutes and regulations as it considers appropriate to regulate the affairs of the university.

(2) A governing authority shall, as soon as practicable after F28[the making of a statute or a regulation under section 18(2) or 25(1)], inform An tÚdarás and the Minister of the making of the statute and shall arrange for its publication in the Iris Oifigiúil.

(3) The statutes in force immediately before the commencement of this Part in a university to which this Act applies or its corresponding constituent college or Recognised College shall, so far as they are consistent with this Act, continue in force as statutes of the university or the corresponding constituent university on and after that commencement but may be repealed or amended by a statute made under subsection (1).

(4) Section 5 of the Irish Universities Act, 1908, is hereby repealed.

Annotations

Amendments:

F28

Substituted (10.11.2022) by Higher Education Authority Act 2022 (31/2022), s. 79, S.I. No. 554 of 2022.

Editorial Notes:

E16

Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (8.03.2005) by Universities Act 1997 University College Cork National University of Ireland, Cork (S.I. No. 281 of 2005).