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SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 223

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 223

223 .         Decision as to individual student, review of by Minister

        (1)         A person who is aggrieved by a decision —

            (a)         made by any person performing a function for the purposes of school education; and

            (b)         concerning an individual student,

                may, in addition to any other right under this Act to have the decision reviewed, request the Minister to review the procedure by which the decision was made.

        (2)         The Minister may, but is not obliged to, conduct a review under this section.

        (3)         If, on a review under this section, the Minister is of the opinion that —

            (a)         the decision was made without compliance with the applicable procedure; or

            (b)         the procedure by which the decision was made was unfair, defective or inadequate; or

            (c)         the information available to the person who made the decision was inadequate,

                the Minister may recommend that the person who made the decision review the procedure or reconsider the decision and may recommend the procedure or information that the Minister thinks is appropriate for that review or reconsideration.

        (4)         The regulations may regulate the practice and procedure of reviews under this section.

        (5)         Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations has under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 .