EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.3.8H Specific review of operation of registered school boarding premises by Authority

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.3.8H

    (1)     In addition to conducting a general review and evaluation under section 4.3.8G, the Authority may arrange for a specific review and evaluation of the operation of a registered school boarding premises in accordance with this section and section 4.3.8I.

    (2)     The Authority may at any time arrange for a specific review and evaluation of the operation of a registered school boarding premises to determine if the provider of school boarding services at the premises has ensured that the premises and those services continue to comply with a prescribed minimum standard for registration of school boarding premises if the Authority believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     there are matters concerning the safety of students boarding at the premises that require urgent action to be taken by the provider; or

        (b)     in the case of a non-government school boarding premises, the provider of school boarding services at the premises is financially unviable or may soon become financially unviable; or

        (c)     exceptional circumstances exist at the premises that justify a specific review and evaluation of the operation of the premises being undertaken by the Authority.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), exceptional circumstances include, but are not limited to—

        (a)     a serious non-compliance with a prescribed minimum standard for registration of school boarding premises; and

        (b)     the repeated non-compliance with a prescribed minimum standard for registration of school boarding premises.

S. 4.3.8I inserted by No. 33/2020 s. 7, repealed by No. 23/2021 s. 71.

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S. 4.3.8J inserted by No. 33/2020 s. 7.