64Strategies to eliminate or ameliorate risks to health and safety of persons at school

64 Strategies to eliminate or ameliorate risks to health and safety of persons at school

(1)  [Section 64 Subsection (1) amended by No. 37 of 2017, s. 18, Applied:30 Aug 2017] The principal of a school, in accordance with the Ministerial instructions, is to develop and maintain strategies to eliminate or ameliorate the likelihood of a child who is attending, or will attend, the school posing a risk, because of the child's behaviour, to the health and safety of himself or herself or any school student, teacher or other person at the school.

(2)  In developing and maintaining strategies under subsection (1) , the principal is to consult with, if practicable and subject to the Ministerial instructions –

(a) the parent of the child; and

(b) the child if the principal considers the child mature enough to be included; and

(c) any other person, including a person in the health profession, that the principal considers may be able to aid in the development and maintenance of effective strategies.

(3)  In developing and maintaining strategies under subsection (1) , the principal is to provide the persons consulted under subsection (2) with all relevant information in his or her possession.

(4)  The principal is to ensure that each of the following persons is provided with a copy of the strategies developed and maintained under subsection (1) :

(a) if the principal considers that the child is mature enough to understand the strategies, the child;

(b) each parent of the child, if practicable;

(c) those teachers at the school that the principal considers are relevant to the implementation of the strategies or are likely to come into contact with the child;

(d) all other persons employed at the school who are likely to come into contact with the child attending the school.

(5)  The principal and each person who has received a copy of the strategies developed and maintained under subsection (1) is to comply with them, as far as reasonably practicable and to the best of his or her abilities.