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title: "Victoria University Act 1888 (repealed 19.11.1998)"
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# Victoria University Act 1888 (repealed 19.11.1998)

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Victoria University Act 1888 (repealed 19.11.1998)
1888 c.45

## 1 Extension of privileges of graduates of Victoria University. {#section-1}

Wherever any office is or shall be open to graduates of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London, or wherever any privilege or exemption has been or shall be given by any Act of Parliament or regulation of any public authority to graduates of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London, graduates of the Victoria University having the degree which would be a qualification if it had been granted by the University of Oxford, Cambridge, or London, may become candidates for and may hold any such office and shall be entitled to all such privileges as fully as graduates of any of the last-mentioned Universities.

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the Victoria University Act 1888.