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EDUCATION ACT 1990 - SECT 26L
Issue of guidelines
(1) The Minister may from time to time issue guidelines (not inconsistent with
this Act or the regulations) for the purposes of this Part.
(2) The
guidelines must make provision with respect to each of the following matters--
(a) the general principles that a person must bear in mind when exercising a
function under this Part,
(b) matters that are likely to constitute a risk to
the health or safety of any person,
(c) the way in which health and safety
risk assessments are to be carried out,
(d) memoranda of understanding
between relevant agencies for the purposes of Division 2, including who may
enter memoranda of understanding on behalf of relevant agencies,
(e) the kind
of information that may, or must (if any), be sought under Division 2,
(f)
who may make a request for information under section 26D on behalf of the
Department, a non-government schools authority or a school,
(g) who may
provide information on behalf of relevant agencies,
(h) the circumstances in
which a relevant agency may refuse to provide information requested under
Division 2,
(i) the way in which information obtained under Division 2 is to
be kept and the length of time that it is to be kept,
(j) additional
circumstances (if any) in which the information may be passed on, and to whom
it may be passed on,
(k) the circumstances in which the
relevant decision-maker or a school is not required to consult the student
concerned or the parents or a parent of the student under section 26E,
(l)
the procedures (other than those required by section 26I) to be followed
before a direction under Division 3 is given, varied or revoked by the
relevant decision-maker,
(m) the kinds of government schools that may be
specified in an enrolment direction,
(n) the circumstances in which notice of
a direction is not required to be given to the parents of the student
concerned,
(o) the way in which a direction is to be reviewed following an
application for a variation or revocation of it,
(p) applications for
internal review under section 26KA of a decision to give a
non-attendance direction,
(q) the provision of education and support (such as
programs and services) to a student in relation to whom a
non-attendance direction is in force,
(r) the requirements (if any) to notify
relevant agencies when a non-attendance direction is given to a student.
(3)
The guidelines may also make provision with respect to such other matters as
the Minister considers appropriate.
(4) The Minister may from time to time
amend or revoke the guidelines.
(5) The guidelines, and any instrument
amending or revoking the guidelines, must be published in the Gazette.
(6)
The guidelines as in force from time to time must be made publicly available
in such manner as the Minister thinks appropriate.
Editorial note : For
guidelines under this section, see Gazette No 11 of 15.1.2010, p 139. From
April 2021, PCO is no longer updating notes in provisions of in force titles
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