Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL ACT 1973 - SECT 5

  (1)   The functions of the School are:

  (a)   to provide advanced education and training by way of the development of the knowledge and skills required in connexion with the production of programs;

  (b)   to conduct and encourage research in connexion with the production of programs;

  (c)   to conduct such seminars and courses of education or training for persons engaged, or to be engaged, directly or indirectly, in connexion with the production of programs as are approved by the Council;

  (d)   to co - operate and make arrangements with other institutions and persons for purposes in connexion with the production of programs or the provision of education or training of the kind referred to in paragraph   ( a);

  (e)   for purposes in connexion with the production of programs or the provision of education or training of the kind referred to in paragraph   ( a), to provide facilities for, and to offer the services of the staff of the School to, such other institutions or persons as are approved by the Council;

  (f)   to make grants of financial assistance to persons to enable or assist those persons to receive education or undergo training of the kind referred to in paragraph   ( a);

  (g)   to award such degrees, diplomas and certificates in relation to the passing of examinations or otherwise in relation to the education and training provided by the School as are specified in a determination under section   6A ; and

  (h)   to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of the foregoing functions.

  (2)   The School shall exercise its functions with a view to enabling and encouraging the production of programs of a high degree of creativeness and of high technical and artistic standards.