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85721 Business and Management
20 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
See 8561 9 for details.
~~2530 Environmental Health Law
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Subject description
Legislation relevant to the environmental health officer in local
government: the Health Act, enabling legal provisions, e.g.
nuisance, infectious disease, building, accommodation,
incidental controls.
The Food Act - controls on food premises, preparation and
sale of food, etc. Warranties, third party procedure, defence of
reasonable precautions. Provisions with respect to prosecution.
Incidental powers and controls by virtue of the Local
Government Act will also be considered.
Legislation relevant to the environmental health officer in state
government authorities.
Health Department - in addition to the Health Act and the
Food Act, further relevant legislation with respect to drugs and
health services will be considered.
Environment Protection Authority. Consideration of the
o Environment Protection Act, state environment protection
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policies and regulations thereunder.
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5' Relevant judgements on the applicationlinterpretation of the
8 legislation will be studied.
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2 ~~2540 Legal Procedure and Evidence
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10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
a Subject description
0 The legal process of prosecution -choosing the appropriate
. court, who may prosecute, the rule against ambiguous
0 3 allegations, what must be specified in the information and
summons, rules with respect to service and proof of same.
Time limits. Adjournment.
The civil and criminal trial process. Differences in trial
procedures for summary and indictable offences. Pleas,
examination of witnesses, powers of the court.
The rules of evidence: statutory and judicial developments, the
burden and standards of proof, hearsay, documents,
admissions, improperly obtained evidence, competent and
compellable witnesses, expert witnesses, judicial notice and
other relevant evidentiary issues will be considered.
In the context of the mock trials, which will commence from
the initial interview of a complainant, particular problems
relating to both procedure and evidence, sampling and entry
powers will be considered.
Particular problems caused by the concept of legal personality
when prosecuting the corporate defendant and whether
criminal sanctions are appropriate will be examined.
CEI 14
Applied Mechanics
No. of hours per week: three hours for two
semesters
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, laboratory work
Assessment: examination 80%, assessed work
20%
Subject aims and description
This subject is designed to develop in students an
understanding of the basic principles of mechanics and their
application to the behaviour of loaded members and simple
systems. Basic concepts of structural mechanics are covered
together with stress and strain, behaviour of simple structural
members and basic deflection.
References
Kinsky, R. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials. Sydney,
McGraw-Hill, 1986
CEI 16
Engineering Science - Solid
Mechanics
No. of hours per week: three hours two semesters
Assessment: examination 80%, assessed work
20%
Subject aims
To introduce students to the fundamentals of engineering
mechanics and strength of materials.
Subject description
Basic concepts: forces and force systems, loads, equations of
equilibrium, reactions for statically determinate beam, frame
and truss systems. Analysis of pin-jointed trusses. Shear force
and bending moment concepts and diagrams.
Stress and strain: types of stress, general stress-strain
relationships, linear elastic parameters.
Performance of loaded members and simple connections:
behaviour of compound members, short and long columns,
circular shafts. Stress and deflections in statically determinate
beams. Deflection by integration to the elastic line. Elementary
beam design concepts. lntroduction to hydrostatics: hydrostatic
pressure, pressure measurement, hydrostatic thrust, pressure
vessels.
lntroduction to structural behaviour: structural forms and their
behaviour under load, stability, structural failures.
Textbooks
Kinsky, R. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials. Sydney,
McGraw-Hill, 1986
CE192
Statutory Control
This subject has two components:
CE192A Statutory ControllPlan Checking 1 and
CE192B lntroduction to Construction Law.
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No. of hours per week: three hours in first
semester, five hours in second semester
Prerequisites: nil
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, assignments
Assessment: examination 80%, assignments 20%
Subject aims and description
This subject is intended to provide students with an
understanding of the role and duties of a building surveyor and
an introduction to acts and regulations.