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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (LOANS GUARANTEE) ACT 1969 - SECT 3

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"approved capital expenditure" means capital expenditure incurred, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, or proposed to be incurred, in relation to a school to which this Act applies, being expenditure or proposed expenditure approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act.

"independent school" means a school at which students are given education at a primary or secondary level or both, not being a school:

(a)
conducted by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth; or
(b)
conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals.
"school authority", in relation to a school to which this Act applies, means a body corporate, trustee or other person empowered to borrow moneys for the purposes of the school.

"school to which this Act applies" means an independent school, or proposed independent school, in the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory of Australia.


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