Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
sec.366BDelegation of director’s reporting function under s 366 or 366A
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sec.366B Delegation of director’s reporting function under s 366 or 366A
Subsection (2) applies if a non-State school’s governing body has only one director. The director may delegate, to an appropriately qualified individual, the director’s function. Subsection (4) applies if a non-State school’s governing body has more than one director. All of the directors may, by unanimous resolution, delegate the directors’ function to an appropriately qualified individual. However, the director or directors must not delegate the function to the principal or any other staff member of the non-State school. If a delegate commits an offence against section 366 (4) , the delegator also commits the offence. However, it is a defence for the delegator to prove the delegator took all reasonable steps to ensure the delegate complied with the section. In this section— function , of a director of a non-State school’s governing body, means the director’s function of receiving a report and giving a copy of the report to a police officer under section 366 or 366A . s 366B ins 2011 No. 39 s 11 amd 2014 No. 62 s 48 (sec.366B-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if a non-State school’s governing body has only one director. (sec.366B-ssec.2) The director may delegate, to an appropriately qualified individual, the director’s function. (sec.366B-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if a non-State school’s governing body has more than one director. (sec.366B-ssec.4) All of the directors may, by unanimous resolution, delegate the directors’ function to an appropriately qualified individual. (sec.366B-ssec.4A) However, the director or directors must not delegate the function to the principal or any other staff member of the non-State school. (sec.366B-ssec.5) If a delegate commits an offence against section 366 (4) , the delegator also commits the offence. (sec.366B-ssec.6) However, it is a defence for the delegator to prove the delegator took all reasonable steps to ensure the delegate complied with the section. (sec.366B-ssec.7) In this section— function , of a director of a non-State school’s governing body, means the director’s function of receiving a report and giving a copy of the report to a police officer under section 366 or 366A .