Education Act 2016
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259 Regulations
(1) The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , regulations may be made in relation to –
(a) [Section 259 Subsection (2) amended by No. 37 of 2017, s. 30, Applied:30 Aug 2017] the enrolment, at a school for kindergarten or compulsory education, of children or classes of children who have not attained the age specified in section 8 ; and
(b) financial assistance payable under section 246 ; and
(c) payments of grants or additional grants made under section 203 or 206 ; and
(d) the payment to persons and bodies of money provided by the Commonwealth as financial assistance under the Australian Education Act 2013 of the Commonwealth and other matters relating to that financial assistance, including, on the making of a determination under section 110(1)(a) or (b) of that Act, the collection by the State from those persons and bodies of the amount specified in the determination and the right to assign the ability to collect that amount; and
(e) other matters relating to such financial assistance and grants; and
(f) the Secretary's instructions and matters provided for in the Secretary's instructions; and
(g) the registration of home educators; and
(h) the assessments of registered home educators and the educational programs provided by them; and
(i) the establishment, functions, powers, proceedings and abolition of school associations; and
(j) the registration of systems of non-government schools and individual non-government schools, including the standards for such registration and the suspension and cancellation of the registration; and
(k) the records to be kept by registered systems of non-government schools and registered schools; and
(l) fees payable under the Act.