Education (Non-Government Schools) Act · s 2

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2.
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Director” means the Director of Education;
“manager” means any person who takes part in the administration or management of a school;
“register” means the register kept under the provisions of section 6 of this Act and includes any register kept in accordance with the repealed
Registration of School Enactment 1939;
“registered” means entered upon such register;
“school” means a place where 10 or more persons are being or are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, but does not include any place where the teaching is of a purely religious character or any

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school exempted under section 3 of this Act from the provisions of this Act:
Provided that where teaching is carried on in a place or part of a place under more than one separate management and under different names, such place shall be deemed to be, for the purposes of this Act, a separate school in respect of each separate management and each such school and the managers and teachers thereof shall be separately registered under this Act;
“supervisor” means the manager appointed or deemed to be the supervisor of the school under section 7 or 15;
“teacher” means a person who teaches pupils in a school and includes a manager or supervisor of a school who teaches in such school.

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s 2Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Director” means the Director of Education;

“manager” means any person who takes part in the administration or management of a school;

“register” means the register kept under the provisions of section 6 of this Act and includes any register kept in accordance with the repealed

Registration of School Enactment 1939;

“registered” means entered upon such register;

“school” means a place where 10 or more persons are being or are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, but does not include any place where the teaching is of a purely religious character or any

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school exempted under section 3 of this Act from the provisions of this Act:

Provided that where teaching is carried on in a place or part of a place under more than one separate management and under different names, such place shall be deemed to be, for the purposes of this Act, a separate school in respect of each separate management and each such school and the managers and teachers thereof shall be separately registered under this Act;

“supervisor” means the manager appointed or deemed to be the supervisor of the school under section 7 or 15;

“teacher” means a person who teaches pupils in a school and includes a manager or supervisor of a school who teaches in such school.