New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 1990 - SECT 121

121 Entry to premises of registered school

(1) For the purposes of an inspection under this Act, a Board inspector is at all reasonable times to have full and free access to the premises and enrolment and attendance records of any government school or any registered non-government school.

(2) A person who hinders or obstructs a Board inspector in exercising any power conferred by this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section because of any act of hindrance or obstruction unless it is established that the Board inspector:

(a) identified himself or herself as a Board inspector, and

(b) warned the person that that act constituted an offence.

(4) In this section, "registered non-government school" includes any school or proposed school in respect of which an application for registration has been made under this Act.