Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.90Show cause notice
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sec.90 Show cause notice
This section applies if— the board believes a ground exists for the withdrawal of the governing body’s eligibility for government funding for the school; and the board— has not given, and does not propose to give, the school’s governing body a compliance notice to rectify a matter to which the ground relates; or has given the governing body a compliance notice to rectify a matter to which the ground relates and the governing body— has not complied with the compliance notice within the period stated in the notice; and does not have a reasonable excuse for not complying. The board must give the governing body a notice (a show cause notice ) stating the following— the decision (the proposed decision ) the board proposes to make under this division; the grounds for the proposed decision; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; an invitation to the governing body to make a written representation to the board within a stated period of at least 30 days after the show cause notice is given to show why the proposed decision should not be made. The governing body may make a written representation about the show cause notice to the board in the period mentioned in subsection (2) (d) (an accepted representation ). The board must give the Minister a copy of a show cause notice given under subsection (2) . (sec.90-ssec.1) This section applies if— the board believes a ground exists for the withdrawal of the governing body’s eligibility for government funding for the school; and the board— has not given, and does not propose to give, the school’s governing body a compliance notice to rectify a matter to which the ground relates; or has given the governing body a compliance notice to rectify a matter to which the ground relates and the governing body— has not complied with the compliance notice within the period stated in the notice; and does not have a reasonable excuse for not complying. (sec.90-ssec.2) The board must give the governing body a notice (a show cause notice ) stating the following— the decision (the proposed decision ) the board proposes to make under this division; the grounds for the proposed decision; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; an invitation to the governing body to make a written representation to the board within a stated period of at least 30 days after the show cause notice is given to show why the proposed decision should not be made. (sec.90-ssec.3) The governing body may make a written representation about the show cause notice to the board in the period mentioned in subsection (2) (d) (an accepted representation ). (sec.90-ssec.4) The board must give the Minister a copy of a show cause notice given under subsection (2) .
- (a) the board believes a ground exists for the withdrawal of the governing body’s eligibility for government funding for the school; and