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EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.5A.1 Approval of overseas secondary student exchange organisations

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 4.5A.1

Approval of overseas secondary student exchange organisations

    (1)     The Authority may approve a person, an organisation (including an education or training organisation) or a registered school as suitable to operate a student exchange program.

S. 4.5A.1(1A) inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 67(1).

    (1A)     In deciding whether to grant approval, the Authority must have regard to whether the person, organisation or registered school complies with the Child Safe Standards.

    (2)     In deciding whether to grant approval, the Authority may have regard to all or any of the following matters in relation to the person, organisation or registered school

        (a)     the suitability of the person, organisation or registered school to operate a student exchange program;

        (b)     guidelines issued by the Authority;

        (c)     any other matter relating to the management or operations of the person, organisation or registered school proposing to operate the student exchange program.

S. 4.5A.1(3) amended by No. 23/2021 s. 67(2).

    (3)     The Authority may from time to time issue guidelines, including guidelines regarding compliance with the Child Safe Standards, for the purposes of determining whether a person, organisation or registered school is suitable to operate a student exchange program.

    (4)     Any guidelines issued under subsection (3) must be published as soon as practicable in the Government Gazette.

S. 4.5.4B inserted by No. 58/2007 s. 31, renumbered as s. 4.5A.2 by No. 19/2008 s. 14(b)(i), amended by Nos 19/2008 s. 14(b)(ii), 23/2021 s. 68(1)(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).