SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 4
SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 4
4 . Terms used
In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
apprentice means an apprentice under a training
contract registered under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 Part
7 Division 2;
chief executive officer —
(a) in
Part 4, has the meaning given by section 151; and
(b)
otherwise has the meaning given by section 229;
child means a person who has not reached the age
of 18;
child of compulsory school age means a child who
under section 9(1) is required to be enrolled in an educational programme and
includes a child to whom section 10(2) applies;
compulsory education period has the meaning given
by section 6;
Council , in relation to a government school,
means the Council established under section 125 for the school;
department —
(a) in
Part 4, means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the
Minister in the administration of that Part; and
(b)
otherwise has the meaning given by section 228;
disability means a condition —
(a)
which is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive,
neurological, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of those
impairments; and
(b)
which is permanent or likely to be permanent; and
(c)
which may or may not be of a chronic or episodic nature; and
(d)
which results in —
(i)
a substantially reduced capacity of a person for
communication, social interaction, learning or mobility; and
(ii)
the need for continuing support services;
early education period for a child means the
period before the child’s pre-compulsory education period;
educational programme means an organized set of
learning activities designed to enable a student, or a child enrolled at a
community kindergarten, to develop knowledge, understanding, skills and
attitudes relevant to the student’s or child’s individual needs;
final years of compulsory education for a child
means the final 2 years of the compulsory education period for the child;
General Purposes Fund , in relation to a school,
means the fund referred to in section 109;
government school means a school established under
section 55;
intake area for a government school means the area
defined under section 60(1)(b) for that school;
local-intake school means a school to which a
declaration under section 60(1) applies;
non-government school means a school registered
under section 160;
parent , in relation to a child, means a person
who at law has responsibility —
(a) for
the long-term care, welfare and development of the child; or
(b) for
the day to day care, welfare and development of the child,
except in sections 9(2), 10(1)(b), 25, 27, 38(1)
and Division 6 of Part 2 where it has only the meaning given by paragraph (b);
pre-compulsory education period has the meaning
given by section 5;
principal —
(a) in
relation to a non-government school, means the person who is in charge of the
school; and
(b) in
relation to a government school, has the meaning given by section 62;
regulations means regulations under section 244;
school means a government school or a
non-government school;
school fund means the General Purposes Fund and a
fund referred to in section 110;
school year , in relation to a government school,
means the school year determined by order under section 117;
student means a person who is enrolled at a
school;
student residential college has the meaning given
in section 213A;
teacher , in relation to a government school,
means a member of the teaching staff;
teaching staff means persons appointed as such
under section 236(2).
[Section 4 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 5 and 16;
No. 44 of 2008 s. 61(2); No. 11 of 2012 s. 37; No. 46 of 2012 s. 4; No. 41 of
2016 s. 8.]