71CTiming of application for registration

71C Timing of application for registration

(1) Subject to subregulation (3), for the purposes of section 4.3.8B(3) of the Act, an application for registration of a school boarding premises must be made to the Authority in writing and no later than—

(a) 30 June in the year before the year in which the school boarding premises is intended to commence operation; or

(2) The Authority must publish a notice in the Government Gazette of any later date determined by the Authority under subregulation (1)(b) at least 4 weeks before 30 June in the year in which the date applies.

(3) The Authority may accept an application submitted after the date specified in subregulation (1) if it is satisfied that it is necessary to do so because of the special circumstances of the case.

Section 6.1.44(1) of the Act provides that a premises that was being conducted as a school boarding premises immediately before the commencement of the Education and Training Reform Amendment (Regulation of Student Accommodation) Act 2020 is taken to be a registered school boarding premises for the purposes of the Act.

Reg. 71D inserted by S.R. No. 25/2021 reg. 13.