SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 11A
SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 11A
11A . Terms used
(1) In this
Subdivision —
course includes a programme or activity;
parent , in relation to a child, means —
(a) a
person who at law has responsibility for the long-term care, welfare and
development of the child; or
(b) a
person who at law has responsibility for the day-to-day care, welfare and
development of the child; or
(c) if,
in the opinion of the Minister, there is no person to whom paragraph (a) or
(b) applies who is reasonably available at the relevant time, an adult person
who is responsible for the child;
participate has the meaning provided for by
section 11J and regulations made for the purposes of that section;
provider has the meaning given to that term in
subsection (2).
(2) In this
Subdivision —
provider , in relation to a person who comes
within a description in the first column of the Table to this definition,
means a person or body specified in the second column of the Table opposite
that description.
Table
|
1. |
A student undertaking a course of study at a university. |
The university. |
|
2. |
A student undertaking a higher education course registered under section 23 of
the Higher Education Act 2004 . |
The education institution that provides the course. |
|
3. |
A student undertaking an approved VET course within the meaning given to that
term by the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 section 5(1). |
The registered training provider (within the meaning given to that term by
that Act section 5(1)), or a person referred to in section 58A(2) of that Act,
who provides the course. |
|
4. |
An apprentice. |
The employer. |
|
5. |
A student undertaking a course prescribed by order made under section 11B(2). |
The provider specified in the order in respect of the course. |
[Section 11A inserted: No. 22 of 2005 s. 20;
amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 61(3).]