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EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 420A Minister must approve policies

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 420A

Minister must approve policies

420A Minister must approve policies

(1) The Minister must approve a policy about the criteria to be considered in deciding whether a person is a person with a disability because the person is unlikely to attain the levels of development of which the person is capable unless the person receives special education.
(2) The Minister may approve more than 1 policy under subsection (1) providing for criteria to be considered in deciding whether a person is a person with a disability for the purposes of section 420 (1) or (2) .
(3) The chief executive must keep a copy of a policy approved under subsection (1) available for inspection and permit a person—
(a) to inspect the policy without fee; and
(b) to take extracts from the policy without fee.
(4) For subsection (3)
(a) a copy of the policy—
(i) must be kept at the head office of the department; and
(ii) may be kept at any other place the chief executive considers appropriate; and
(b) the copy kept under paragraph (a) must be available for inspection during office hours on business days for the office or place.
(5) Also, the chief executive must supply a copy of a policy approved under subsection (1) , or a part of the policy, to a person on request, without fee.
(6) In addition, the chief executive must keep a copy of a policy approved under subsection (1) on the department’s website.