SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 240
SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 240
240 . Employee may be ordered to leave school premises
(1) If the chief
executive officer suspects —
(a) that
a person employed at the premises of a government school or a student
residential college may have committed a breach of discipline as referred to
in section 80 of the PSMA (whether or not that section applies to the person);
and
(b) that
the presence of the person —
(i)
on the premises of that school or college constitutes a
risk to the safety or welfare of students at the premises; or
(ii)
on the premises of any government school or any student
residential college constitutes a risk to the safety or welfare of students
generally,
the chief executive
officer may, by order in writing given to the person, require the person to
leave the premises of the school or college specified in the order and remain
away from those premises, or from the premises of all government schools or
all student residential colleges, or both, as the case requires —
(c)
until —
(i)
in the case of a member of the wages staff, any relevant
procedures have been followed; or
(ii)
in the case of a suspected breach of discipline dealt
with under Part 5 of the PSMA — a decision is made under
section 81(1)(b), 82A(2) or (3) or 88 of the PSMA;
or
(d)
until the order is sooner revoked.
(2) The chief
executive officer is to ensure that written reasons for issuing an order under
subsection (1) are provided with the order.
(3) A person must
comply with an order given to him or her under subsection (1).
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(4) The power
conferred by this section is in addition to the powers in Part 5 of the PSMA.
[Section 240 amended: No. 50 of 2003 s. 94(2); No.
39 of 2010 s. 110(4); No. 28 of 2014 s. 34 and 35; No. 41 of 2016 s. 16.]