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EDUCATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2012 (NO 1) (NO 32 OF 2012)

Australian Capital Territory

Education Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1)

Subordinate law SL2012–32

made under the

Education Act 2004, section 155 (Regulation-making power)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT


Authority

This Regulation is authorised by section 155 of the Education Act 2004 (the Act).

Background

Section 38 of the Act provides that a school board is established for each government school. Section 41 of the Act prescribes the composition of a school board of a government school.

Section 41(2)(f) of the Act provides that only those schools prescribed in a regulation can have two student members elected by the students at the school and appointed by the Chief Executive.

Schedule 1 of the Education Regulation 2005 prescribes those schools whose school boards include two student members elected by the students at the school.

Purpose

This amendment regulation amends Schedule 1 of the Education Regulation 2005 to include the name of a school that commenced operation in 2008 and included high school age students from 2011.

Details

An explanation of each clause of the amendment regulation follows.

Clause 1 Name of regulation
The first clause of the Regulation specifies that the name of the regulation is the
Education Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1). The Regulation amends the
Education Regulation 2005, which is the subordinate law to the Education Act 2004.

Clause 2 Commencement
Under this clause, this Regulation will commence on 1 February 2013.
Clause 3 Legislation amended
This provision provides that this Regulation amends the Education Regulation 2005.

Clause 4 Schedule 1, part 1.1
This provision substitutes a new table in Schedule 1, Part 1.1, of the Education
Regulation 2005 that includes Harrison School – the school opened at the
beginning of the 2008 school year and included high school age students from 2011.