Minister to give school council a show cause notice
54 Minister to give school council a show cause notice
This section applies if the Minister has given a school council a direction under section 116 of the Act (a public interest direction) and believes the council has not complied with the direction.
The Minister must give the council a notice (a show cause notice) stating the following—
the reasons for the Minister’s belief that the council has not complied with the public interest direction;
if the council does not comply with the public interest direction within a stated period (the show cause period), the council is liable to be dissolved;
the council may make written representations to the Minister within the show cause period to show (properly made representations)—
that the council has complied with the public interest direction; or
why the council should not be dissolved for not complying with the direction.
The show cause period must end not less than 28 days after the show cause notice is given to the council.
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