154Variation of registration by application

154 Variation of registration by application (1) The governing body of a non-Government school may, by written application to the registrar accompanied by the prescribed fee, request the registrar to vary the registration of the school. (2) The registrar may refer the application to one or more assessors if the registrar considers it is of sufficient significance to warrant the reference (including if the application seeks to expand the school's operation). (3) The following provisions of this Part (the applied provisions) apply to the application with the changes mentioned in subsection (4): (a) Divisions 3 and 5; (b) if the registrar refers the application to one or more assessors – Division 4. (4) The changes to the applied provisions are as follows: (a) section 129(3) has effect as if it required the application to be given to the registrar at least 1 year before the variation is to take effect; (b) section 129(5) has effect as if: (i) it required the application to set out details of the variation and when and how the variation is to take effect; and (ii) it required the application to set out the extent to which the matter mentioned in that subsection would be affected by the variation; (c) a reference in the applied provisions to an application for the registration of a non-Government school is taken to be a reference to an application for the variation; (d) section 135 is taken to have effect as if it required the assessor or assessors, in reviewing the application, to have regard to the matters set out in that section only to the extent to which the matters would be affected by the variation;