101Registration amendment—decision on application

101 Registration amendment—decision on application (1) The Minister must approve an application to amend a school’s registration if the Minister is satisfied that— (a) after considering the board’s assessment given under section 100, the school as proposed to be changed or transferred would, if registered, comply with the registration standards; and (b) if the application includes a proposal to provide distance education from a campus—the school has a distance education policy; and (c) the proposed change is appropriate, having regard to— (i) the level of interest in the school as proposed to be changed, including the projected enrolments for the school as proposed to be changed; and (ii) any submissions made under section 98 (3) (c). (2) If the Minister approves the application— (a) the Minister must tell the applicant, in writing, about the decision; and (b) for an amendment to transfer the school’s registration to a new proprietor—tell the new proprietor, in writing, about the decision; and (c) the registrar must— (i) amend the register of non-government schools to reflect the registrable change; and

(ii) give a revised registration certificate reflecting the registrable to— (A) if the school’s registration is to be transferred to a new proprietor—the new proprietor; or (B) in any other case—the proprietor of the school. (3) If the Minister is not satisfied under subsection (1), or the board is unable to make an assessment, the Minister must—