Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

EDUCATION ACT 2004 (NO. 17 OF 2004) - SECT 85

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a person has in-principle approval under section 84 to apply for provisional registration of a school; and

        (b)     the person has given the registrar written notice of the person's intention to apply at least the prescribed period before the first day of the school year or term when it is proposed to begin operating the school; and

        (c)     the in-principle approval has not lapsed.

    (2)     The person may apply in writing to the Minister for provisional registration of the school.

    (3)     The application must state where the school is to be located.

    (4)     The chief executive must publish notice of the making of the application in a daily newspaper printed and published in the ACT.

    (5)     The chief executive must make a copy of the application for provisional registration available for inspection by members of the public at the chief executive's office during ordinary business hours.

    (6)     In this section:

"prescribed period" means—

        (a)     6 months; or

        (b)     if the Minister approves a shorter period for the notice—that period.