Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE ACT 2008 - SECT 106

Applicants

  (1)   The following may apply to the Minister for approval of the proposal:

  (a)   if the school is to be a member of an approved school system--the approved authority of the system;

  (b)   otherwise--the body principally responsible for the school.

Contents of applications

  (2)   An application under this section must:

  (a)   be in writing; and

  (b)   set out the details of the proposal, including:

  (i)   the information mentioned in section   111; and

  (ii)   if the school is to be a member of an approved school system--the information mentioned in subsection   133(2); and

  (c)   subject to subsection   ( 3), state the earliest program year to which the approval is to apply; and

  (d)   if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the approval applying to the program year preceding the program year in which the application is made--set out those circumstances.

  (3)   The earliest program year to be stated in an application for the purposes of paragraph   ( 2)(c) is to be:

  (a)   the program year in which the application is made; or

  (b)   the program year following the program year in which the application is made; or

  (c)   if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the approval applying to the program year preceding the program year in which the application is made--that preceding program year.