Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2001 - SECT 64

64 Show cause notice

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the board reasonably believes a ground exists to cancel a school’s accreditation; and

(b) the board—

(i) has not given, and does not propose to give, the school’s governing body a compliance notice under section 61 to rectify a matter to which the ground relates; or

(ii) has given the governing body a compliance notice under section 61 to rectify a matter to which the ground relates and the governing body—

(A) has failed to comply with the compliance notice within the period stated in the notice; and

(B) does not have a reasonable excuse for the failure.

(2) The board must give the governing body a notice (a
"show cause notice" ) stating the following—

(a) the action (the
"proposed action" ) the board proposes taking under this division;

(b) the grounds for the proposed action;

(c) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;

(d) an invitation to the governing body to show within a stated period (the
"show cause period" ) why the proposed action should not be taken.

(3) The show cause period must be a period ending at least 30 days after the show cause notice is given to the governing body.