sec.18LRequirements in relation to prescribed incidents involving school services

sec.18L Requirements in relation to prescribed incidents involving school services

This section applies if a prescribed incident happens involving a relevant service that is a school service. As soon as reasonably practicable, the operator of the school service must speak with a staff member of each affected school and give the staff member the following information about the service (the prescribed information )— that the provision of the service has been disrupted or prevented; the reason for the disruption or prevention of the provision of the service; if the provision of the service is to be completed—the arrangements being made for the completion of the service. However, subsection (4) applies if the operator of the school service— can not speak with a staff member of an affected school under subsection (2) because the school is unattended; and has reasonable access to the contact details of a parent of a school student attending the school who is a passenger on the relevant vehicle used to provide the service. The operator of the school service must give the parent the prescribed information in the way the operator considers appropriate having regard to the circumstances, including, for example, by way of phone, SMS message or email. In this section— affected school , for a school service, means a school to which both of the following apply— school students are transported to or from the school by the school service; a prescribed incident disrupts or prevents the transport of a school student to or from the school. parent , of a school student, means a person who is the student’s parent as defined under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 10 . staff member , of an affected school, means a person involved in the administration or operation of the school. s 18L ins 2026 SL No. 4 s 10 (sec.18L-ssec.1) This section applies if a prescribed incident happens involving a relevant service that is a school service. (sec.18L-ssec.2) As soon as reasonably practicable, the operator of the school service must speak with a staff member of each affected school and give the staff member the following information about the service (the prescribed information )— that the provision of the service has been disrupted or prevented; the reason for the disruption or prevention of the provision of the service; if the provision of the service is to be completed—the arrangements being made for the completion of the service. (sec.18L-ssec.3) However, subsection (4) applies if the operator of the school service— can not speak with a staff member of an affected school under subsection (2) because the school is unattended; and has reasonable access to the contact details of a parent of a school student attending the school who is a passenger on the relevant vehicle used to provide the service. (sec.18L-ssec.4) The operator of the school service must give the parent the prescribed information in the way the operator considers appropriate having regard to the circumstances, including, for example, by way of phone, SMS message or email. (sec.18L-ssec.5) In this section— affected school , for a school service, means a school to which both of the following apply— school students are transported to or from the school by the school service; a prescribed incident disrupts or prevents the transport of a school student to or from the school. parent , of a school student, means a person who is the student’s parent as defined under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 10 . staff member , of an affected school, means a person involved in the administration or operation of the school.

• (a) that the provision of the service has been disrupted or prevented;
• (b) the reason for the disruption or prevention of the provision of the service;
• (c) if the provision of the service is to be completed—the arrangements being made for the completion of the service.
• (a) can not speak with a staff member of an affected school under subsection (2) because the school is unattended; and
• (b) has reasonable access to the contact details of a parent of a school student attending the school who is a passenger on the relevant vehicle used to provide the service.
• (a) school students are transported to or from the school by the school service;
• (b) a prescribed incident disrupts or prevents the transport of a school student to or from the school.