Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2001 - SECT 169

(1) Subsection (2) applies to a person who—

(a) becomes a director of the governing body of a provisionally accredited, or accredited, school; and

(b) has a criminal history.

(2) The person must, within 7 days after becoming a director of the governing body, give the board a notice stating—

(a) the name, address and date of birth of the person; and

(b) details of any indictable offence included in the criminal history.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (6) applies if a director of the governing body of a provisionally accredited, or accredited, school is convicted of an indictable offence.

(4) Also, subsection (6) applies if—

(a) an application is made to the board for the provisional accreditation, or accreditation, of a school and the application has not been decided; and

(b) a director of the school's governing body is convicted of an indictable offence.

(5) In addition, subsection (6) applies if—

(a) an application is made to the board under section 49, or section 49 as applied by section 59, for a change in a provisionally accredited, or accredited, school's governing body and the application has not been decided; and

(b) a director of the proposed governing body of the school is convicted of an indictable offence.

(6) The director must, within 7 days after the conviction, give the board a notice stating details of the indictable offence.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(7) A notice given under this section must be signed by the person giving the notice.