132Change of SES score due to false or misleading statement

132 Change of SES score due to false or misleading statement

(1) This section applies if: (a) the approved authority of a non‑systemic school, or of an approved school system, made a statement for the purposes of: (i) an Education Assistance Act; or (ii) the making of an agreement as mentioned in such an Act; relating to the grant of financial assistance for schools or other bodies involved in primary education or secondary education; and (b) the statement was made to: (i) the Minister (the Education Assistance Minister) administering that Act; or (ii) the Secretary of the Department administered by the Education Assistance Minister; or (iii) a public service employee in the Department administered by the Education Assistance Minister; and (c) the statement was false or misleading in a material particular; and (d) as a result of the statement: (i) the school; or (ii) a school in the approved school system; either: (iii) obtains a higher funding level for the purposes of meeting recurrent expenditure than, in the Minister’s opinion, the school may have obtained if the statement had not been made; or (iv) obtains a larger amount under Subdivision I of Division 2 of Part 6 than, in the Minister’s opinion, the school may have obtained if the statement had not been made. (2) The Minister may make a determination varying the list of non‑government schools by setting out: (a) a different SES score for the school; and (b) a different current SES funding level for the school relating to that SES score. (3) A determination under this section may take effect from a day before the day on which the determination was made.