Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part XV · General
139. Special Committee
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the Minister may establish a special committee consisting of such persons as the Minister may appoint in respect of —
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any particular educational institution or class of educational institutions; or
educational institution
“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;
educational matter or project, for the purpose of advising him on matters relating thereto, and may in his discretion confer on that committee all or any of the powers conferred on a
Committee of Enquiry by section 124.
Terms defined in s 2
educational institution
Defined · s 2“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;