Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00996:reg:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00996
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 19
Character Range: 17199–18898

19      Admission for certain staff members of University

(1)    The Delegated Authority may, under this section, admit the applicant to the program for the research award if:

(a)    the program is for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy; and

(b)    the applicant is a member of staff of the University and, during the previous 10 years, has been employed as a member of staff of the University for a total of at least 3 years; and

(c)    the applicant meets the minimum qualification requirement applying under section 12 (Minimum qualification requirement: doctoral programs); and

(d)    the Delegated Authority is satisfied:

(i)    that the applicant has made a substantial contribution to scholarship, in a discipline relevant to the program, by published work of which the applicant is the author or joint author; and

(ii)    that published work is proposed to be incorporated by compilation into the applicant's thesis for the program.

(2)    To remove any doubt, the Delegated Authority is not obliged to admit the applicant to the program under this section even if the Delegated Authority is satisfied that the applicant meets the requirements for admission under this section.

(3)    Despite subsection (1), the Delegated Authority must refuse to admit the applicant to the program under this section if the admission of the applicant to the program would result in the number of students being admitted to the program in any period exceeding the maximum number of students determined under section 15 (Limits on places in programs) for the program for the period.

(4)    This section is subject to section 20 (False or misleading statements in applications for admission etc.).