Section 12: Power of University to make statutes

(1) Subject to this Act, the University may make statutes for any of the following purposes, that is to say-
(a) making provision with respect to the composition and constitution of any authority of the University;
(b) specifying and regulating the powers and duties of any authority of the University, and regulating any other matter connected with the University or any of its authorities;
(c) regulating the admission of students and their discipline and welfare;
(d) determining whether any particular matter is to be treated as an academic or a non-academic matter for the purposes of this Act and of any statute, regulation or other instrument made thereunder;
(e) making provision for any other matter for which provision by statute is authorised or required by this Act.
(2) Subject to section 28 (6) of this Act, the Interpretation Act shall apply in relation to any statute made under this section as it applies to a subsidiary instrument within the meaning of section 27 (1) of that Act.
(3) The Statute contained in the Fourth Schedule to this Act shall come into force on the appointed day and shall be deemed to have been made under this section.
(4) The power to make statute conferred by this section shall not be prejudiced or limited in any way by reason of the inclusion or omission of any matter in or from the Statute contained in the Fourth Schedule to this Act or any subsequent statute.