Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part VI · Private Educational Institutions
56. Establishment of private educational institution
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Approval from the Minister is required for the establishment and maintenance of a private educational institution.
A limited company or any other person may establish and maintain an educational institution subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder.
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;
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;
private educational institution
Defined · s 2“private educational institution” means an educational institution which is not a government educational institution;
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