146Approved authority for system of non-government schools

146 Approved authority for system of non-government schools

(1)  The approved authority for a system of non-government schools is the person or organisation that is appointed, for the time being, by the governing bodies of the registered non-government schools in the system to act on their behalf in relation to the system or proposed system, with full authority to incur costs and direct the schools in the system.

(2)  In appointing an approved authority for a system of non-government schools, the governing bodies of the registered non-government schools agree that the approved authority has power to –

(a) incur costs in relation to those schools; and

(b) give directions to those governing bodies and the principals of those schools for the purposes of compliance with this Act.

(3)  If a registered school becomes a member of a system of non-government schools after the system is registered, the governing body of the school is taken to have agreed to the approved authority having the powers specified in section 146(2)(a) and (b) in relation to the governing body, school and principal of the school.