96Proprietor must tell registrar about notifiable changes

96 Proprietor must tell registrar about notifiable changes (1) This section applies if the proprietor of a registered school intends to make any of the following changes to the operation of the school (a notifiable change): (a) stop operating at a registered campus; (b) stop providing a level of education at a registered campus; (c) stop providing residential boarding services at a registered (d) stop providing distance education from a registered campus; (e) restart operating at a previously registered campus within 2 years after stopping operating at the campus; (f) restart providing a level of education at a registered campus (or previously registered campus) within 2 years after stopping providing the level of education at the campus; (g) restart providing residential boarding services at a registered campus (or previously registered campus) within 2 years after stopping providing residential boarding services at the campus. (h) restart providing distance education from a registered campus within 2 years after stopping providing distance education from the campus. (2) However, this section does not apply if the change is an urgent temporary change made in response to a natural disaster or other unforeseeable emergency. Example—urgent temporary change a school building floods and the school moves an educational level to another campus while the flood damage is repaired Note For requirements about an urgent temporary change see s 103.

(3) The proprietor must give the registrar written notice of the change. (4) The notice must— (a) be given at least 6 months before the day the change to the operation of the school is proposed to begin (the proposed change day); and (c) state the proposed change day; and (d) include any information or documents prescribed by regulation. (5) The proprietor must also tell the parents of each student at the school, in writing, about the change, at least 6 months before the change happens. (6) If a proprietor tells the registrar about a notifiable change, the registrar (a) amend the register of non-government schools to reflect the notifiable change; and (b) give the proprietor of the school a revised registration certificate reflecting the notifiable change.