Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive must decide the application, as soon as practicable after receiving it, by issuing—
(a) a mature age student notice declaring the person to be a suitable person to be a mature age student of the school (a positive notice); or
(b) a mature age student notice declaring the person to be an unsuitable person to be a mature age student of the school (a negative notice).
(2) If the chief executive is not aware of any convictions or charges of the person for any offence, the chief executive must issue a positive notice.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if the chief executive is aware of—
(a) a conviction of the person for an offence, other than a serious offence; or
(b) a charge of the person for an offence.
(4) The chief executive must issue a positive notice unless the chief executive is satisfied it is an exceptional case in which it would not be in the best interests of children for the chief executive to issue a positive notice.
(5) If the chief executive is aware of a conviction of the person for a serious offence, the chief executive must issue a negative notice unless the chief executive is satisfied it is an exceptional case in which it would not harm the best interests of children for the chief executive to issue a positive notice.
(6) If the chief executive is aware of a conviction or charge of the person for an offence, the chief executive must decide the application having regard to the following matters relating to the commission, or alleged commission, of the offence by the person—
(a) whether it is a conviction or a charge;
(b) whether the offence is a serious offence;
(c) when the offence was committed or is alleged to have been committed;
(d) the nature of the offence and its relevance to the person being a mature age student of the school;
(e) anything else the chief executive reasonably considers to be relevant to the assessment of the person.
(7) On deciding the application, the chief executive must—
(a) issue the mature age student notice to the person; and
(b) give a copy of the notice to the school's principal.
(8) A negative notice issued to the person must be accompanied by a notice stating—
(a) the reasons for the chief executive's decision on the application; and
(b) that, within 40 days after receiving the notices, the person may apply to the chief executive to have the decision reviewed; and
(c) how the person may apply for the review.