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(b) immediately before the commencement, the
application had not been decided or
withdrawn.
(2) The application must be decided under new
section 419F.
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kindergarten learning program
(1) This section applies if—
(a) immediately before the commencement—
(i) a person could have, but had not,
applied to the chief executive under
former section 419G for a review of a
decision, under former section 419F, to
refuse to grant an application for
registration in a distance education
kindergarten learning program; and
(ii) the period within which the person
could apply for the review had not
ended; and
(b) after the commencement and within the
period mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii),
the person applies for the review.
(2) The chief executive must decide the review as if
new section 419F had been in force when the
person’s application under former section 419F
was made.
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registration in distance education
kindergarten learning program
(1) This section applies in relation to a review by the
chief executive that was started, but not decided,
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former section 419F to refuse to grant an
application for registration in a distance education
kindergarten learning program.
(2) The chief executive must decide the review as if
new section 419F had been in force when the
person’s application under former section 419F
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(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement, a request
mentioned in former section 386(1)(b) or
(3)(d) was made for a transfer note for a
former student of a State school or non-State
school; and
(b) immediately before the commencement, the
school’s principal had not complied with
former section 386(2) or (4) in relation to
the request.
(2) Former section 386 continues to apply in relation
to the request as if the amendment Act had not
been enacted.
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commencement—application for enrolment
(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement, the principal of
a new school gave a notice under former
section 387(3) asking for a transfer note for
a former student or continuing student of a
State school or non-State school; and
(b) immediately before the commencement—
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(i) the previous school’s principal had not
complied with former section 387(4) in
relation to the request and the period
for complying had not ended under that
section; or
(ii) the new school’s principal had not
given notice under former section
387(5) or (7) that the first notice had
been given under former section
387(3); or
(iii) the new school’s principal had not
complied with former section 387(8) in
relation to a request made under that
subsection, or with former section
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(2) Former section 387 continues to apply in relation
to the request as if the amendment Act had not
been enacted.
554 Confidentiality—approved online services
(1) For section 426A(1), a reference to personal
information about a student of a State school
includes a reference to personal information that
the public service employee gained, or had access
to, before the commencement.
(2) For section 426A(2), a reference to personal
information about a student of a State school
includes a reference to personal information that
came into existence before the commencement.
555 Validation provision for existing campus
associations
(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement, an association (a
former association) was formed for a
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former school before the school’s closure;
and
(b) immediately before the closure of the
former school, the former association
performed the functions of an association
under this Act for the school; and
(c) from the closure of the former school, the
former association purported to continue in
existence as if it were an association formed
for Tagai State College.
(2) The former association is taken to be, and to have
been during the transitional period, a campus
association formed for Tagai State College.
(3) For subsection (2)—
(a) chapter 7, part 11 applies as if it had taken
effect on 1 January 2007; and
(b) Tagai State College is taken to have been a
regional State school during the transitional
period.
(4) Anything done during the transitional period by
the former association in the purported
performance of a function under this Act has the
same effect, and is taken to have always had the
same effect, as if the former association had been
validly formed as a campus association for Tagai
State College under this Act.
(5) In this section—
former school means a State school that, before
the commencement, was closed and amalgamated
with other schools to form Tagai State College.
transitional period means the period starting on 1
January 2007 and ending immediately before the
commencement.
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(1) Schedule 4, definitions relevant person and transfer note—
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(2) Schedule 4—
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campus association see section 154B.
former school, in relation to a student enrolled at
a new school, for chapter 14, part 2, division 2, see
section 388A.
former student, for chapter 14, see sections
385(1)(a) and 386(1)(c).
head of campus, for a campus of a regional State
school, for chapter 7, part 11, see section 154B.
new school, for chapter 14, part 2, division 2, see
section 388(a).
previous school, for chapter 14, part 2, division 2,
see section 388(a).
regional State school see section 154A(2).
related document, in relation to a transfer note,
for chapter 14, see section 383.
relevant person, for chapter 12, part 10, see
section 364.
relevant provisions, for chapter 7, part 11, see
section 154H(1).
transfer note, for a student or former student of a
State school or non-State school, for chapter 14,
see section 384.
(3) Schedule 4, definition association—
insert—
(c) for a regional State school—a campus
association formed under section 154C for a
campus of the school; or
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(d) for a proposed campus of a regional State
school or a proposed regional State
school—an interim campus association
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(a) for chapter 12, part 10—see section 364; or
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