New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 1990 - SECT 63A

63A Board to be notified of certain matters

(1) A responsible person for a school, or any other person or body having similar functions in relation to the school to those of such a responsible person, who:

(a) is convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more, or

(b) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or

(c) if the person is a corporation-is the subject of a winding up order or has had a controller or administrator appointed,

must notify at least one other responsible person or responsible person for the school, and the Board, of the circumstances of the conviction, bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up order or appointment as soon as practicable after it occurs.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) If a responsible person for a school or other person or body having similar functions as a responsible person in relation to the school becomes a mentally incapacitated person, the following persons must cause notice of the incapacity to be given to the Board and at least one other responsible person for the school:

(a) in the case of a responsible person who is a mentally incapacitated person and becomes a patient at an institution because of that incapacity-the medical superintendent of the institution,

(b) in the case of a responsible person who is a mentally incapacitated person because of being a protected person under the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 -the NSW Trustee and Guardian.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) Notice under subsection (2) must be given as soon as practicable after the responsible person or other person or body having similar functions to those of a responsible person is admitted to the institution or becomes a protected person.

(4) For the purposes of this section, notice given to any person designated by the Board as a designated person for the purposes of this section in an official notice given to schools by the Board is taken to be notice given to the Board.