approved authority means the approved authority for a system of non-government schools, within the meaning of section 146(1) ;
approved home education program means a proposed home education program that has been approved under section 69 , as amended from time to time;
approved learning program means a learning program that is approved under section 29 or 84 , as amended from time to time;
Australian Qualifications Framework means the national policy of that name for accredited qualifications in Australian education and training (including addenda to that policy added from time to time) that –
(a) defines qualifications recognised nationally in education and training undertaken within Australia; and
(b) is published by the Commonwealth government department having responsibilities in relation to education and training; and
(c) took effect on 1 July 2011 –
as amended or substituted from time to time;
certificate of registration, in relation to a registered system of non-government schools or a registered individual school, means the certificate of registration issued under or ;
child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;
compulsory conciliation conference means a conference referred to in section 41(b) ;
Compulsory Schooling Order has the meaning given by section 52 ;
conciliator includes mediator;
corporal punishment means physical punishment by means of a cane, stick, strap, belt or hand or by any other means;
disability, in relation to a person, means a disability which –
(a) is attributable to an intellectual, cognitive, neurological, psychiatric, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments; and
(b) is permanent or likely to be permanent; and
(c) results in –
(i) a substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, learning or mobility; and
(ii) the need for continuing support services; and
(d) may or may not be of a chronic episodic nature;
distance education means education provided to a school-aged child that is –
(a) characterised by the separation of the teacher and child in time or place; and
(b) provided by using a variety of methods of delivery;
eligible capital expenditure means expenditure incurred for the educational or residential purposes of school students relating to –
(a) the acquisition of land; and
(b) the erection, alteration and extension of buildings; and
(c) the installation of essential services;
eligible loan means a loan that is –
(a) taken out wholly or partly for the purpose of eligible capital expenditure; and
(b) repayable within a period of 20 years; and
(c) repayable by principal and interest;
full-time employment has the same meaning as in the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey;
governing body means –
(a) in relation to a registered school, the person or organisation that owns, manages or operates the registered school; or
(b) in relation to a proposed new non-government school, the person or body that proposes to establish the new non-government school; or
(c) in relation to a State school, the Secretary;
home education means the education of a school-aged child or youth by a home educator in accordance with an approved home education program;
home education assessment means an assessment carried out by a registration officer for a purpose specified in section 86 ;
home educator means a parent named in an approved home education program as a parent who provides home education to his or her child under that program;
hostel means a facility for the residential accommodation of school students;
individual education program means a program authorised and supervised by a principal of a school that meets the individual educational needs of a child enrolled at that school;
individual non-government school means a non-government school which is not a member of a system of non-government schools;
intake area, in relation to a State school, means the area determined –
(a) by the Minister under section 97 or 98 to be the intake area for that school; or
(b) once the Secretary determines the intake area for the school under section 99(1) , that intake area;
kindergarten means the year of education that –
(a) immediately precedes the first year of compulsory education; and
(b) is offered to children by a school;
learning program means –
(a) education at a school; or
(b) education through an individual education program; or
(f) a combination of any approved learning programs referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) and (e) ;
Ministerial instructions means instructions issued by the Minister under section 6 ;
new individual non-government school means a non-government school that, immediately before an application for registration of the school is made under Division 3 of Part 6 , was not registered –
(a) as a member of a system of non-government schools under Division 2 of Part 6 ; or
(b) as an individual non-government school under Division 3 of Part 6 –
whether or not the school had previously been so registered;
non-government school means a school, other than a State school, that provides educational instruction at any level up to and including the final year of secondary education;
(b) another person who has the care, control or custody of a child; and
(c) another person who generally acts in the place of a parent of a child and has done so for a significant length of time;
primary education means education at a school from the first year of compulsory education following kindergarten to the school year commonly known as Year 6 (inclusive);
principal means the individual in charge of the day-to-day operation of a school;
Principal Officer, Non-attendance means the person appointed as the Principal Officer, Non-attendance under section 215 ;
provider, in relation to an approved learning program, means any of the following persons who, under the program, are involved in providing the whole or any part of the program:
(a) a principal of a school;
(b) TasTAFE;
(c) another registered training organisation within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth;
(d) an employer of an apprentice or trainee;
(e) the University of Tasmania;
(f) a university or other tertiary education institution of another jurisdiction;
registered individual school means a non-government school which is registered under Division 3 of Part 6 ;
registered school means –
(a) a registered system school; or
(b) a registered individual school; or
(c) a campus of a school that is registered, managed or controlled by a school in another State or a Territory;
registered system of non-government schools means a system of non-government schools that is registered under section 150 ;
registered system school means a non-government school that is registered as a member of a registered system of non-government schools under Division 2 of Part 6 ;
Registrar means the person appointed as the Registrar, Education under section 218 ;
Registration Board means the Non-government Schools Registration Board established under section 229 ;
registration inspection means an inspection carried out in accordance with a request made by the Registration Board under section 186 ;
registration officer means a person appointed as a registration officer under section 228 ;
registration review means a review carried out in accordance with a request made by the Registration Board under section 182(1) ;
regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act;
relevant record means any record, book, document, account or other information compiled, recorded or stored by any means, including a record relating to students, which is relevant to the approval, granting, making or determination of a grant or additional grant under section 203 or 206 ;
Review Panel means the Review Panel established under section 234 ;
school means –
(a) a State school; and
(b) a centre, unit or institute of the State which provides educational instruction at any level up to, and including, the final year of secondary education; and
(c) a registered school –
but does not include TasTAFE;
school-aged child means a child, other than an overseas student, who –
(a) is required under section 11(1) to be enrolled at a school or provided with home education; or
(b) would be required under section 11(1) to be enrolled at a school or provided with home education if not exempted under Part 3 ;
school association means a school association established by the Minister under section 110 ;
school's relevant financial year means the financial year of an individual non-government school during which a grant or additional grant under section 203 or 206 was received by it;
school student means a school-aged child, youth or other person enrolled at a school;
secondary education means education at a school from the school year commonly known as Year 7 to the school year commonly known as Year 12 (inclusive);
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department;
senior secondary education means education at a school for the school years commonly known as Year 11 and Year 12;
State school means a school, including a college for senior secondary education –
(a) established, or formed by the amalgamation of schools, under section 97 ; or
(b) established, or formed by the amalgamation of schools, under the Education Act 1994 or any other enactment that provided for the establishment of schools by the Crown;
student means a child, youth or person –
(a) enrolled at a school; or
(b) provided with home education; or
(c) participating in an approved learning program;
support school means a school established by the Minister for the purpose of providing specialised, and personalised, teaching and learning programs for students with disability;
system of non-government schools means a system of non-government schools formed in accordance with section 145 ;
Year 10 means the school year of secondary education commonly known as Year 10;
Year 12 means the school year of secondary education commonly known as Year 12;
Year 12 completion certificate means a certificate issued to a person under section 92 on completion of Year 12 or under section 93 on completion of the year of home education equivalent to year 12;
youth means a child, other than an overseas student, who –
(a) is required under section 24 to participate in an approved learning program or be home educated; or
(b) would be required under section 24 to participate in an approved learning program or be home educated if not exempted under Part 3 .