Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Regulation 2017
sec.24Limitation of period of special assistance at temporary site
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sec.24 Limitation of period of special assistance at temporary site
For section 49 (2) of the Act , a special assistance school can not provide special assistance at a temporary site after the expiry of the special assistance period for the site. However, if the school’s governing body makes a site inclusion application for the temporary site before the end of the special assistance period for the site, the school may continue to provide special assistance at the site until the day mentioned in subsection (3) , (4) , (5) or (6) . If the governing body withdraws the site inclusion application before the application is decided, for subsection (2) the day is the later of— the day the governing body withdraws the application; or the day the special assistance period for the temporary site ends. If the board decides to refuse, or is taken to have decided to refuse, to grant the school’s site inclusion application and the governing body applies to QCAT for a review of the decision (the original decision ), for subsection (2) the day is the earlier of— the day QCAT issues a decision in relation to the review of the original decision; or the day the governing body withdraws the application for review. If the board decides to refuse, or is taken to have decided to refuse, to grant the school’s site inclusion application and subsection (4) does not apply, for subsection (2) the day is the later of— the day the application period for the original decision ends; or the day the special assistance period for the temporary site ends. If subsections (3) , (4) and (5) do not apply, for subsection (2) the day is the change day for the application stated in a change notice about the site attribute given to the governing body under section 40 of the Act . In this section— application period , for an original decision, means the period within which an application for review of the decision must be made under the QCAT Act . school day means any day on which a school is operating as a school. site attribute , for a special assistance school, means the attribute of the school’s accreditation mentioned in section 19 (4) (e) of the Act . site inclusion application , for a temporary site, means an application under section 39 of the Act to change the site attribute for the school to include the temporary site. special assistance period , for a temporary site, means the period ending 200 consecutive school days after the day special assistance is first provided by the special assistance school at the site. (sec.24-ssec.1) For section 49 (2) of the Act , a special assistance school can not provide special assistance at a temporary site after the expiry of the special assistance period for the site. (sec.24-ssec.2) However, if the school’s governing body makes a site inclusion application for the temporary site before the end of the special assistance period for the site, the school may continue to provide special assistance at the site until the day mentioned in subsection (3) , (4) , (5) or (6) . (sec.24-ssec.3) If the governing body withdraws the site inclusion application before the application is decided, for subsection (2) the day is the later of— the day the governing body withdraws the application; or the day the special assistance period for the temporary site ends. (sec.24-ssec.4) If the board decides to refuse, or is taken to have decided to refuse, to grant the school’s site inclusion application and the governing body applies to QCAT for a review of the decision (the original decision ), for subsection (2) the day is the earlier of— the day QCAT issues a decision in relation to the review of the original decision; or the day the governing body withdraws the application for review. (sec.24-ssec.5) If the board decides to refuse, or is taken to have decided to refuse, to grant the school’s site inclusion application and subsection (4) does not apply, for subsection (2) the day is the later of— the day the application period for the original decision ends; or the day the special assistance period for the temporary site ends. (sec.24-ssec.6) If subsections (3) , (4) and (5) do not apply, for subsection (2) the day is the change day for the application stated in a change notice about the site attribute given to the governing body under section 40 of the Act . (sec.24-ssec.7) In this section— application period , for an original decision, means the period within which an application for review of the decision must be made under the QCAT Act . school day means any day on which a school is operating as a school. site attribute , for a special assistance school, means the attribute of the school’s accreditation mentioned in section 19 (4) (e) of the Act . site inclusion application , for a temporary site, means an application under section 39 of the Act to change the site attribute for the school to include the temporary site. special assistance period , for a temporary site, means the period ending 200 consecutive school days after the day special assistance is first provided by the special assistance school at the site.