Garvan Institute of Medical Research Act 1984 (NSW)

Garvan Institute of Medical Research Act 1984 No 106

An Act to constitute the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and to define its functions; and for other purposes. WHEREAS: (1) An Appeal for the purpose of raising money was conducted in 1957 in conjunction with the celebration of the centenary of the founding of Saint Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, by the Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia: (2) Pursuant to a decision made on 27th October, 1960, by the Trustees of Saint Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, for the disposition of the money raised by that Appeal, a building was erected at that Hospital to be used for the purposes of medical research: (3) By a Declaration of Trust dated 5th November, 1962, the Trustees for the time being of Saint Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, declared themselves to be trustees of a fund required, by the terms of the trusts created by the Declaration, to be used for the purposes of providing for the salary of a Director of Clinical Medical Research and for the purposes of research in clinical medicine at that Hospital: (4) With the assistance of staff provided by those Sisters of Charity and equipment provided from that Hospital and other sources, the building so erected has been used under the supervision of that Director for the purpose of medical research which, conducted under the name of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, has become of increasing national and international significance: (5) The Trustees of Saint Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, believe that the research work of that Institute can best be continued and expanded so as to serve the interests of the community and of the sick in particular if that work is conducted in accordance with the Christian religious principles of those Sisters of Charity by that Institute functioning as a statutory corporation pursuant to an Act of Parliament: BE it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: