EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2017 - As at 1 February 2024 - Act 24 of 2017
- As at 1 February 2024 - Act 24 of 2017Table of Provisions
CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
PART 2 - OBJECTS
- 3 Objects of Act
PART 3 - INTERPRETATION
- 4 Dictionary
- 5 Meaning of school
- 6 Meaning of non-State school
- 7 Meaning of operated for profit
- 8 Meaning of prohibited arrangement
- 9 Meaning of director
- 10 Meaning of meets the government funding eligibility criteria
CHAPTER 2 - ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS
PART 1 - ACCREDITATION CRITERIA
- 11 Prescribing accreditation criteria
PART 2 - ACCREDITATIONS
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 12 Type of education
- 13 Mode of delivery of education
- 14 Special assistance
- 15 When school must commence operations
- 16 Duration of accreditation
- 17 Governing body must be a corporation
Division 2 - Applications for accreditation
Subdivision 1 - Applications- 18 Governing body of school may apply for accreditation
- 19 Procedural requirements for application
- 20 Board must notify entities of, and publish, application details Subdivision 2 - Deciding applications
- 21 Deciding application
- 22 Further information or documents
- 23 Failure to decide application
- 24 Extension of time to decide application
- 25 Steps to be taken after application decided Subdivision 3 - Suitability of school’s governing body
- 26 Suitability of governing body
- 27 Investigation
- 28 Criminal history reports for investigation
- 29 Report by authorised person
Division 3 - Assessment of schools
- 30 Initial assessment of school
- 31 Additional assessment of establishment phase school
- 32 Assessment when school starts to operate at new site
- 33 Report by authorised person
PART 3 - CHANGES TO ACCREDITATION
Division 1 - Changes to student-intake days
- 34 Definition for division
- 35 Application to change relevant student-intake day
- 36 Deciding application
- 37 Further information or documents
- 38 Failure to decide application
Division 2 - Changes to attributes of accreditation
Subdivision 1 - Applications to change attributes of accreditation- 39 Application to change attribute of accreditation
- 40 Deciding application
- 41 Further information or documents
- 42 Failure to decide application
- 43 Extension of time to decide application
- 44 Failure to effect change of attribute of accreditation before change day
- 45 Proposed governing body taken to have applied to be eligible for government funding Subdivision 2 - Notice of attribute of accreditation no longer applying
- 46 Notice of attribute of accreditation no longer applying
PART 4 - SPECIAL ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS—USE OF TEMPORARY SITES
- 47 Purpose of part
- 48 Definitions for part
- 49 Compliance with temporary site criteria
- 50 Notification of intention to use, or stop using, temporary site
- 51 Use of temporary site is not a change in attribute etc.
- 52 Assessment of special assistance school using temporary site
- 53 Report by authorised person
PART 5 - AMALGAMATIONS AND DIVISIONS OF ACCREDITED SCHOOLS
Division 1 - Application of part
Division 2 - Amalgamation of accredited schools
- 55 Application of division
- 56 Notice of intention to amalgamate schools
- 57 Decision about amalgamation of school
Division 3 - Division of accredited schools
- 58 Application of division
- 59 Notice of intention to divide accredited school
- 60 Decision about division of accredited school
Division 4 - Deemed eligibility for government funding
- 61 Deemed eligibility for government funding
PART 6 - AMENDMENT, CANCELLATION AND SURRENDER OF ACCREDITATIONS
Division 1 - Giving compliance notices
Division 2 - Amendment and cancellation of accreditations
- 64 Definition for division
- 65 Grounds for amendment
- 66 Grounds for cancellation
- 67 Show cause notice
- 68 Considering representations about show cause notice
- 69 Ending show cause process without further action
- 70 Amendment
- 71 Cancellation
- 72 Report by authorised person
Division 3 - Surrender of accreditations
- 73 Surrender
PART 7 - OFFENCES
- 74 Operating a school without accreditation
- 75 Operating an accredited school before its student-intake day
- 76 Claim about accreditation of school
CHAPTER 3 - ELIGIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 77 Eligibility for government funding
PART 2 - APPLICATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING
- 78 Governing body of school may apply for eligibility for government funding
- 79 Deemed applications for eligibility for government funding
- 80 Decision about governing body’s eligibility for government funding
- 81 Further information or documents
- 82 Failure to decide application
- 83 Extension of time to decide application
- 84 Steps to be taken after decision
- 85 Report by authorised person
PART 3 - WITHDRAWAL OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING
Division 1 - Application of part
- 86 Application of part
Division 2 - Giving compliance notices
Division 3 - Withdrawal of eligibility for government funding after show cause process
- 89 Grounds for withdrawal of eligibility for government funding
- 90 Show cause notice
- 91 Representations about show cause notice
- 92 Ending show cause process without further action
- 93 Decision by board
- 94 Report by authorised person
- 95 Effect of withdrawal of eligibility for government funding
Division 4 - Automatic withdrawal of eligibility for government funding
- 96 Effect of cancellation of accreditation
CHAPTER 4 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 1 - NON-STATE SCHOOLS ACCREDITATION BOARD
Division 1 - Establishment
- 97 Non-State Schools Accreditation Board
- 98 Board represents the State
- 99 Application of other Acts
Division 2 - Functions and powers
Division 3 - Membership
- 102 Membership of board
- 103 Nominee of ISQ or QCEC
- 104 Term of appointment
- 105 Conditions of appointment
- 106 Chairperson
- 107 Deputy chairperson
- 108 Disqualification as member
- 109 Vacancy in office
- 110 Resignation
- 111 Leave of absence
Division 4 - Criminal history
Division 5 - Business and meetings
- 114 Conduct of business
- 115 Time and place of meetings
- 116 Quorum
- 117 Conduct of meetings
- 118 Attendance by proxy
- 119 Disclosure of interest
Division 6 - Administrative support of board
- 120 Administrative support
Division 7 - Interaction between Minister and board
- 121 Minister may refer matter to board
- 122 Minister may ask board to reassess governing body’s eligibility for government funding
- 123 Minister’s power to give directions in the public interest
- 124 Minister may require information or documents
- 125 Notice to Minister about action taken in relation to a grammar school
Division 8 - Register of accredited schools
Division 9 - Information sharing arrangements
- 128 Board may enter into information sharing arrangement
PART 2 - AUTHORISED PERSONS
Division 1 - Functions and appointment
- 129 Functions of authorised persons
- 130 Appointment and qualifications
- 131 Appointment conditions
- 132 When office ends
- 133 Resignation
Division 2 - Identity cards
Division 3 - Entry of places by authorised persons
Subdivision 1 - Power to enter accredited school’s premises- 137 Power to enter accredited school’s premises
- 138 Notice of entry Subdivision 2 - Power to enter places other than accredited school’s premises
- 139 Power to enter places other than accredited school’s premises Subdivision 3 - Entry by consent
- 140 Obtaining consent of occupier
- 141 Incidental entry to ask for access
- 142 Matters authorised person must tell occupier
- 143 Consent acknowledgement Subdivision 4 - Entry under warrant
- 144 Application for warrant
- 145 Issue of warrant
- 146 Electronic application
- 147 Additional procedure if electronic application
- 148 Defect in relation to a warrant
- 149 Entry procedure
Division 4 - General powers after entry
- 150 Application of division
- 151 General powers
- 152 Power to require reasonable help
- 153 Offence to contravene help requirement
Division 5 - Power to require information
- 154 Power to require information
- 155 Offence to contravene information requirement
- 156 Custody of document given to authorised person
Division 6 - Seizure by authorised persons and forfeiture
Subdivision 1 - Power to seize- 157 Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered without consent or warrant
- 158 Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered only with consent or warrant Subdivision 2 - Powers to support seizure
- 159 Power to secure seized thing
- 160 Offence to interfere Subdivision 3 - Safeguards for seized things
- 161 Receipt for seized thing
- 162 Access to seized things
- 163 Return of seized thing Subdivision 4 - Forfeiture
- 164 Forfeiture of seized things
- 165 Dealing with forfeited things
PART 3 - REVIEWS AND PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 5 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 168 School survey data
- 169 Notification of change in circumstances
- 170 Periodic demonstration of compliance
- 171 Periodic demonstration of eligibility for government funding
- 172 Disclosure of details of indictable offence
- 173 Protection from civil liability
- 174 Publication of information identifying school operating without accreditation
- 175 False or misleading information or documents
- 176 Confidentiality of information
- 177 Impersonating authorised person
- 178 Approval of forms
- 179 Regulation-making power
CHAPTER 6 - REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
PART 1 - REPEAL
- 180 Repeal
PART 2 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 181 Definitions for part
- 182 Continuation of things done by or in relation to previous board
- 183 Applications for accreditation made but not decided
- 184 Applications for government funding made but not decided
- 185 Continuation of accreditations under repealed Act
- 186 Governing bodies taken to be eligible for government funding
- 187 Effect of provisional accreditations under repealed Act
- 188 Assessment of provisionally accredited schools if initial assessment not started under repealed Act
- 189 Assessment of provisionally accredited schools if further assessment not started under repealed Act
- 190 Assessment of provisionally accredited schools if initial or further assessment started under repealed Act
- 191 Compliance notices not complied with at commencement
- 192 Show cause processes about accreditation not finally dealt with
- 193 Show cause process about eligibility for government funding not finally dealt with
- 194 Reviews of funding decisions not finally dealt with
- 195 Reviews of other decisions not finally dealt with
- 196 Effect of information notices given under repealed Act
- 197 Ineligible company 198. (Repealed)