Education Act 2016

As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving an application for the registration of a system of non-government schools and the report of the Registrar made under section 148, the Registration Board is to – grant the application, with or without conditions; or refuse to grant the application.

The Registration Board must not grant the application without conditions unless satisfied that the system of non-government schools meets the standards for registration of a system of non-government schools prescribed by the regulations.

The Registration Board may grant the application subject to conditions if satisfied that – although the system of non-government schools does not meet the standards for registration of a system of non-government schools prescribed by the regulations, the deficiency – does not pose a risk of harm to the health and safety of the students and staff at, or visitors to, the schools which are to become registered system schools as members of that system; and is capable of being rectified within the period determined by the Registration Board; and the imposition of the conditions is sufficient to rectify the failure to meet those standards.

If the Registration Board grants the application, it is to cause the system of non-government schools to be registered.

The Registration Board is to notify the approved authority for the system of non-government schools, in writing, of its determination under this section and, if the application is refused or conditions are imposed on the registration under section 151, of the reasons for that determination.