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SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 154

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 154

154 .         Establishing or conducting an unregistered school

        (1)         A person must not establish or conduct a school for the education of children unless the school is registered under section 160.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and a daily penalty of $200.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        school does not include —

            (a)         a government school; or

            (b)         a community kindergarten registered under Part 5; or

            (ca)         a child care service as defined in the Child Care Services Act 2007 section 4; or

            (cb)         an education and care service as defined in the Education and Care Services National Law (Western Australia) section 5(1); or

            (c)         an establishment of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

        [Section 154 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 12; No. 11 of 2012 s. 42; No. 28 of 2014 s. 7.]