SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 149

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 149

149 .         Other associations, forming etc.

        (1)         Nothing in this Subdivision prevents the formation and carrying on of any other association, in relation to a government school or group of schools, that has as its object or one of its objects the promotion of the interests of the school or the group of schools or students at the school or the groups of schools either generally or in any particular respect.

        (2)         An association referred to in subsection (1) is not to have a name that is likely to be misunderstood as referring to an association to which section 142 applies.

        (3)         If the Minister is of the opinion that an association referred to in subsection (1) —

            (a)         is being carried on in a way that is not in the interests of the school; or

            (b)         has a name that contravenes subsection (2),

                he or she may give directions in writing to the persons who manage the affairs of the association as to any matter relating to the name, constitution, objects or management of the association.

        (4)         A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (3) must take all steps reasonably available to him or her to comply with it.

        Penalty: a fine of $500.

        (5)         If any such direction is not complied with, the association may, on the ground of that non-compliance, be wound up by the Supreme Court on the application of the Minister; and section 148(2) and (3) apply for that purpose with all necessary changes.

        [Section 149 amended: No. 28 of 2014 s. 35.]

What this Part is about

This Part requires non-government schools to be registered and makes various provisions about their operation and funding.

In particular it deals with —

•         advance determinations about proposals to establish, or make certain changes to, non-government schools (school planning proposals) (Division 3A);

•         registration of non-government schools (Division 3B);

•         review of decisions about advance determinations or registration (Division 3C);

•         recognition of groups of registered schools (school systems) and agreements between the Minister and the governing body of a school system about the operation of schools in the group (Division 3);

•         inspection of registered schools (Division 4);

•         the allocation of funds appropriated by Parliament for registered schools (Division 5);

•         loans to registered schools or school systems for capital works (Division 6).