Education Act 2016
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6 Ministerial instructions
(1) In this section –
specified means specified in the Ministerial instructions.
(2) [Section 6 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 9 of 2022, s. 6, Applied:01 Jul 2023] The Minister may issue instructions, in writing, in relation to the activities, functions and practices undertaken, and the guidelines, principles and procedures to be observed, by the Secretary, an education regulator, principals, schools, parents and children in relation to –
(a) enrolment at school, including the enrolment of a child who is not yet a school-aged child; and
(b) attendance at schools and approved programs; and
(c) the management of the non-attendance of a child at a school; and
(d) the approval of, and the revocation of the approval of, any person as a conciliator for the purposes of convening and facilitating compulsory conciliation conferences; and
(e) any matter concerning the registration of a home educator, the approval of a home education program or the continuing assessment of a home educator or an approved home education program; and
(f) any matter concerning the exercise of powers, or performance of functions, of education regulators under this Act, the Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification Act 2003 or the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ; and
(g) any matter relating to an independent review conducted in accordance with section 221C or section 229B of this Act, section 14A of the Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification Act 2003 or section 10D of the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ; and
(h) any matter concerning the registration of a system of non-government schools or a non-government school and the processes to be followed by the Registration Board in complying with this Act or any other Act; and