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EDUCATION ACT 1972 - SECT 72J

72J—Review of registration

        (1)         The Board may, upon the application of the Registrar or of the school concerned or of its own motion, review the registration of any registered non-Government school.

        (1a)         The Board shall review the registration of every registered non-Government school at least once in every five year period during the registration of the school.

        (2)         If after reviewing the registration of a non-Government school under this section—

            (a)         the Board is satisfied—

                  (i)         that the nature and the content of the instruction offered at the school is unsatisfactory; or

                  (ii)         that the school provides inadequate protection for the safety, health and welfare of its students; or

            (b)         the Board is satisfied that the governing authority of the school has contravened, or failed to comply with, a condition imposed on the registration of the school; or

            (ba)         the Board is satisfied, in relation to a school that is approved under Division 2A—

                  (i)         that the school does not have sufficient financial resources to provide satisfactory services to full fee paying overseas students; or

                  (ii)         that the school has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of the code of conduct approved by the Minister under section 72IB,

the Board may, by notice in writing addressed to the governing authority of the school, exercise one or more of the following powers:

            (c)         the Board may vary or revoke a condition imposed on the registration of the school; or

            (d)         the Board may impose such further conditions on the registration of the school as it thinks fit; or

            (e)         the Board may limit or reduce the period of the school's registration by directing that its registration will terminate at a time fixed in the notice; or

            (ea)         the Board may, in relation to a school that is approved under Division 2A, withdraw the approval and cancel the endorsement of registration recording the approval or limit or reduce the period of approval by directing that the approval will terminate at a time fixed in the notice; or

            (f)         the Board may cancel the school's registration.

        (2a)         The Board shall, in a notice referred to in subsection (2), state the reasons for its decision.

        (2b)         Notice in writing addressed to the governing authority identified in the certificate of registration of a non-Government school and—

            (a)         left at the school with someone apparently over the age of 18 years; or

            (b)         sent by post to the school in a pre-paid envelope addressed to the governing authority identified in the certificate of registration,

will be taken to be service of the notice on the governing authority of the school for the purposes of subsection (2).

        (3)         The Board may cancel the registration of a non-Government school if the school is defunct.



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