Schools Assistance Act 2008

The approved authority of the school may apply to the Minister for approval of the proposal.

An application under this section must:

be in writing; and

set out details of the proposal; and

subject to subsection (3), state the earliest program year to which the approval is to apply; and

if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the approval applying to the program year preceding the program year in which the application is made—set out those circumstances.

The earliest program year to be stated in an application for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) is to be:

the program year in which the application is made; or

the program year following the program year in which the application is made; or

if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the approval applying to the program year preceding the program year in which the application is made—that preceding program year.