(1) As soon as practicable (but not later than 6 months) after an application
for registration of a non-government school has been lodged with the Authority
under section 49, the Authority is to provide the Minister with a written
report about the application.
(1A) The Authority may, in preparing the
report, request the applicant for registration to provide such documentary or
other evidence in support of the application as the Authority, based on a risk
assessment, considers necessary. Despite subsection (1), the Authority is not
required to provide the report to the Minister if any such requested
information is not provided.
(2) The written report to the Minister must
include a recommendation as to whether or not the school should be registered.
(3) The Authority is to give an applicant for registration written notice of a
recommendation to the Minister that the application be refused.
