SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 244

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 244

244 .         Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out, or giving effect to the purposes of, this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1) the regulations may —

            (a)         create offences punishable by a fine not exceeding $2 000; and

            (ba)         make provision for requirements as to the health and safety of children enrolled at a school or a community kindergarten registered under Part 5; and

            (b)         confer power on the Minister to grant exemptions from provisions of the regulations, and to impose conditions subject to which an exemption applies; and

            (c)         regulate the practice and procedure of advisory panels established by or under this Act.

        (3)         Regulations for the purposes of section 216(2)(d) may provide for —

            (a)         the duration of an agreement or arrangement for advertising or sponsorship in relation to a government school; and

            (b)         naming rights in relation to advertising or sponsorship in relation to a government school; and

            (c)         the means of ensuring that advertising or sponsorship in relation to a government school does not interfere with the normal operations of the school; and

            (d)         the extent to which teaching materials may be involved in advertising or sponsorship in relation to a government school.

        [Section 244 amended: No. 1 of 2011 s. 9.]