SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 140

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 140

140 .         Regulations about Councils

                Without limiting section 127(5), 129(2)(b) or 130, regulations may be made in respect of the functions, powers and duties of Councils and in particular —

            (a)         enabling Councils to co-opt members of the local community as members of Councils and prescribing the capacity in which they may be co-opted provided that no co-opted member shall have any voting rights on the Council to which she or he is co-opted; and

            (b)         enabling Councils to allow students to attend meetings and take part in discussion but without having a right to vote or being counted in determining a quorum; and

            (c)         with respect to the proceedings of Councils; and

            (d)         providing in relation to a school dress code referred to in section 128(d) —

                  (i)         for the matters which may, or cannot, be provided for in a code; and

                  (ii)         for the procedures to be followed by a Council in the formulation and approval of a code; and

                  (iii)         enabling the principal of a school to exempt a student at the school from complying with any requirement of a code approved by the school’s Council.