Victorian Current Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.1A.5

    (1)     An authorised person may make an immediate school community safety order in respect of a person if the authorised person reasonably believes that—

        (a)     the person poses an unacceptable and imminent risk of harm—

              (i)     to another person at any school-related place of the relevant school to which paragraph (a) of the definition of school-related place applies; or

              (ii)     to a member of the school community at any school-related place of the relevant school to which paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of school‑related place applies, if the member of the school community is at that place for a reason that is connected with the school; or

        (b)     the person poses an unacceptable and imminent risk of causing significant disruption to the relevant school or activities carried on by the relevant school; or

        (c)     the person poses an unacceptable and imminent risk of interfering with the wellbeing, safety or educational opportunities of students enrolled at the relevant school.

    (2)     The authorised person must consider the following before making an immediate school community safety order in respect of a person—

        (a)     any vulnerability of the person of which the authorised person is aware;

        (b)     whether the order is the least restrictive means available to address the grounds on which the order is proposed to be made.

    (3)     An authorised person must not make an immediate school community safety order unless it is reasonably necessary to address the grounds on which the order is proposed to be made.

S. 2.1A.6 inserted by No. 24/2021 s. 6.