New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EDUCATION REGULATION 2007 - REG 6

6 Change in circumstances of the operation of a non-government school

(1) For the purposes of section 63 (1) of the Act, the following changes to the circumstances of the operation of a registered non-government school are prescribed:

(a) the closure of the school,

(b) the cessation of operation of the school for at least 1 year,

(c) the cessation of operation of the school for at least 2 years.

(2) For the purposes of section 63 (1) of the Act, notice of such a change must be given:

(a) to any person designated by the Board as a designated person for the purposes of this clause in an official notice given to schools by the Board, and

(b) as soon as reasonably practicable after the proprietor or principal of a school (or, in the case of a school that is a member of a system of non-government schools, the approved authority for the system) becomes aware that the school is to undergo, or has undergone, a change of a prescribed kind, but not later than one month after such a change has occurred.

(3) In the event of a change of the kind prescribed by subclause (1) (a) or (c) at a school, the registration of the school ceases.

(4) In the event of a change of the kind prescribed by subclause (1) (b) at a school, the registration of the school is limited to the period ending 1 year after the end of the first 12 months during which the school did not operate.

(5) If the registration of a school ceases under subclause (3) or is limited under subclause (4), the Minister is to give written notice of that cessation or limitation to the proprietor or principal of the school or, in the case of a school that is a member of a system of non-government schools, to the approved authority for the system.

(6) For the purposes of this clause, a school ceases operations if:

(a) there are no courses of study being taught at the school, or

(b) there are no students enrolled at the school.

(7) In subclause (6), "courses of study" means courses of study that comply with the curriculum requirements under Part 3 of the Act for the years of schooling for which the school is certified as efficient for education under section 53 of the Act.