Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.185Continuation of accreditations under repealed Act
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sec.185 Continuation of accreditations under repealed Act
This section applies to a school that, immediately before the commencement, was an accredited school under the repealed Act. The school is taken to be an accredited school under this Act. The attributes of accreditation of the school are taken to be the same as the attributes of accreditation of the school under the school’s previous accreditation. However, if the school was accredited to provide a sector of schooling under the school’s previous accreditation— the school is taken to be accredited under this Act to provide each year of schooling within the sector of schooling; and the student-intake day for each year of schooling is taken to be the first day of education of students at the school for the year of schooling under the school’s previous accreditation. The board must, as soon as practicable— give the school a notice stating the details for the school required to be included in the register under section 126(3); and update the register to include the details for the school mentioned in section 126(3). Section 30 does not apply to a school taken to be an accredited school under this section. In this section— previous accreditation , of a school, means the accreditation of the school under the repealed Act. sector of schooling means a sector of schooling a school was accredited to provide under the repealed Act. (sec.185-ssec.1) This section applies to a school that, immediately before the commencement, was an accredited school under the repealed Act. (sec.185-ssec.2) The school is taken to be an accredited school under this Act. (sec.185-ssec.3) The attributes of accreditation of the school are taken to be the same as the attributes of accreditation of the school under the school’s previous accreditation. (sec.185-ssec.4) However, if the school was accredited to provide a sector of schooling under the school’s previous accreditation— the school is taken to be accredited under this Act to provide each year of schooling within the sector of schooling; and the student-intake day for each year of schooling is taken to be the first day of education of students at the school for the year of schooling under the school’s previous accreditation. (sec.185-ssec.5) The board must, as soon as practicable— give the school a notice stating the details for the school required to be included in the register under section 126(3); and update the register to include the details for the school mentioned in section 126(3). (sec.185-ssec.6) Section 30 does not apply to a school taken to be an accredited school under this section. (sec.185-ssec.7) In this section— previous accreditation , of a school, means the accreditation of the school under the repealed Act. sector of schooling means a sector of schooling a school was accredited to provide under the repealed Act.
- (a) the school is taken to be accredited under this Act to provide each year of schooling within the sector of schooling; and