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EDUCATION AMENDMENT BILL 1998

Serial 54
Education
Amendment
Mr Adamson

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

Education Amendment BILL 1998


TABLE OF PROVISIONS


Clause

1. Short title
2. Principal Act
3. Definitions
4. Determination of application
5. Cancellation, &c., of registration
6. Secretary not to cancel, &c., registration in certain circumstances
7. New section:

"66A. SECRETARY MAY MAKE DETERMINATION"

8. Visits by authorized persons
9. Secretary may exempt educational institutions from operating in accordance with determined requirements


Education Amendment
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

A BILL
for
AN ACT



to amend the Education Act






B
E it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the assent as provided by the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 of the Commonwealth, as follows:

1. SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the Education Amendment Act 1998.

2. principal Act
The Education Act is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

3. definitions
Section 61 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of "prescribed requirements".

4.

DETERMINATION OF APPLICATION

Section 64 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) "prescribed requirements or so much of the prescribed" and substituting "requirements determined under section 66A or so much of those".

5. CANCELLATION, &c., OF REGISTRATION
Section 65 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) "prescribed requirements or so much of the prescribed" and substituting "requirements determined under section 66A or so much of those".

6. SECRETARY NOT TO CANCEL, &c., REGISTRATION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraphs (d) and (e) "prescribed requirements or so much of the prescribed" and substituting "requirements determined under section 66A or so much of those".

7. NEW SECTION
The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 66 in Division 2 of Part VII the following:

"66A. SECRETARY MAY MAKE DETERMINATION

"(1) The Secretary may, by instrument, determine the requirements, not inconsistent with this Act, under which an educational institution or class of educational institutions is to operate.

"(2) A determination under subsection (1) may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without modification) any matter contained in an instrument or document as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time.

"(3) The Secretary must notify the making of a determination in the Gazette.

"(4) A determination takes effect on —

(a) the date on which its making is notified under subsection (3); or

(b) if a later date is specified in the determination — that date.

"(5) A notice under subsection (3) is to specify where copies of —

(a) the determination; and

(b) if applicable — the part or parts of each instrument or other document that contains a matter applied, adopted or incorporated by the determination,

are available for inspection by members of the public.".

8. VISITS BY AUTHORIZED PERSONS
Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsections (1)(c) and (2) "prescribed requirements or so much of the prescribed" and substituting "requirements determined under section 66A or so much of those".

9. SECRETARY MAY EXEMPT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FROM OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH DETERMINED REQUIREMENTS
Section 68B of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "prescribed requirements" and substituting "requirements determined under section 66A".

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