Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.187Effect of provisional accreditations under repealed Act
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sec.187 Effect of provisional accreditations under repealed Act
This section applies to a school that, immediately before the commencement, was a provisionally accredited school under the repealed Act. The school is taken to be an accredited school under this Act. The attributes of accreditation for the school are taken to be the same as the attributes of accreditation for the school under the school’s previous provisional accreditation. However, if the school was provisionally accredited to provide a sector of schooling under the school’s previous provisional 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 provisional 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). In this section— previous provisional accreditation , of a school, means the provisional accreditation of the school under the repealed Act. sector of schooling means any of the following groups of years of schooling— preparatory year to year 3; years 4 to 6; years 7 to 10; years 11 and 12. (sec.187-ssec.1) This section applies to a school that, immediately before the commencement, was a provisionally accredited school under the repealed Act. (sec.187-ssec.2) The school is taken to be an accredited school under this Act. (sec.187-ssec.3) The attributes of accreditation for the school are taken to be the same as the attributes of accreditation for the school under the school’s previous provisional accreditation. (sec.187-ssec.4) However, if the school was provisionally accredited to provide a sector of schooling under the school’s previous provisional 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 provisional accreditation. (sec.187-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.187-ssec.6) In this section— previous provisional accreditation , of a school, means the provisional accreditation of the school under the repealed Act. sector of schooling means any of the following groups of years of schooling— preparatory year to year 3; years 4 to 6; years 7 to 10; years 11 and 12.