Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2001 - SECT 168

168 Disclosure of application for prescribed notice or exemption notice under Working with Children Act

(1) Subsection (3) applies if—

(a) an application is made to the board for the provisional accreditation, or accreditation, of a school and the application has not been decided; and

(b) a director of the school’s governing body—

(i) applies for a prescribed notice under the Working with Children Act, section 211 ; or

(ii) applies for an exemption notice under the Working with Children Act, section 272 .

(2) Subsection (3) also applies if—

(a) an application is made to the board under section 49 , or section 49 as applied by section 59 , for a change in a provisionally accredited, or accredited, school’s governing body and the application has not been decided; and

(b) a director of the school’s proposed governing body—

(i) applies for a prescribed notice under the Working with Children Act, section 211 ; or

(ii) applies for an exemption notice under the Working with Children Act, section 272 .

(3) The director must, within 7 days after making the application for the prescribed notice, notify the board of the application.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.