Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.6Meaning of non-State school
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sec.6 Meaning of non-State school
A non-State school means a school (in the ordinary meaning of the word) established to provide the following types of education— primary education; secondary education; special education. However, a non-State school does not include the following— a State educational institution within the meaning of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , schedule 4 ; for a child registered or provisionally registered for home education under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 —the child’s usual place of residence; a place where a child undertaking primary, secondary or special education receives tutorial help relating to the education; TAFE Queensland under the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 ; a place used only to provide education and care or regulated education and care; a place used only to offer a curriculum that is, or is a variation of, the whole or part of the primary or secondary curriculum of a foreign country. In this section— education and care means education and care provided by an approved education and care service under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland). regulated education and care means regulated education and care within the meaning of the Education and Care Services Act 2013 , but does not include education and care provided in the course of providing primary education, secondary education or special education. (sec.6-ssec.1) A non-State school means a school (in the ordinary meaning of the word) established to provide the following types of education— primary education; secondary education; special education. (sec.6-ssec.2) However, a non-State school does not include the following— a State educational institution within the meaning of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , schedule 4 ; for a child registered or provisionally registered for home education under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 —the child’s usual place of residence; a place where a child undertaking primary, secondary or special education receives tutorial help relating to the education; TAFE Queensland under the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 ; a place used only to provide education and care or regulated education and care; a place used only to offer a curriculum that is, or is a variation of, the whole or part of the primary or secondary curriculum of a foreign country. (sec.6-ssec.3) In this section— education and care means education and care provided by an approved education and care service under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland). regulated education and care means regulated education and care within the meaning of the Education and Care Services Act 2013 , but does not include education and care provided in the course of providing primary education, secondary education or special education.
- (a) primary education;
- (b) secondary education;