AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Board of Senior Secondary Studies (Amendment) Act 1998
No. 44 of 1998
	
An Act to amend the Board of Senior Secondary Studies Act 1997
[Notified in ACT Gazette S204: 30 October 1998]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1.  	Short title 
	This Act may be cited as the Board of Senior Secondary Studies (Amendment) Act 1998.
2.  	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.
3.  	Principal Act
	In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Board of Senior Secondary Studies Act 1997.1
4.  	Interpretation
	Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting the definition of “Executive Officer”; and
	(b)	by omitting the definition of “recognised educational institution” and substituting the following definition:
“ ‘recognised educational institution’ means an educational institution that is established or registered under an Act or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory that provides, or offers to provide, courses that are suitable for senior secondary education;”.
5.  	Membership of the Board
	Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (o).
6.  	Insertion
	After section 12 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
“12A.  	Representative of Chief Executive
“(1)  	The Chief Executive may appoint a representative to attend a meeting or meetings of the Board on his or her behalf.
“(2)  A representative appointed under subsection (1) may participate in a meeting of the Board in the absence of the Chief Executive.”.
7.  	Disclosure of interest
	Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
“(1)  	A member who—
	(a)	has a direct or indirect personal or pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Board; and
	(b)	intends to attend, or attends, the meeting of the Board at which the matter is likely to be, or is, considered;
shall, as soon as practicable after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest to the Board.”; and
	(b)	by omitting from subsection (4) the definition of “member” and substituting the following definition:
“ ‘member’ includes—
	(a)	an alternate appointed under subsection 11 (1); and
	(b)	a representative appointed under subsection 12A (1).”.
8.  	Procedures of the Board
	Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (9) the definition of “member” and substituting the following definition:
“ ‘member’ includes—
	(a)	an alternate appointed under subsection 11 (1); and
	(b)	a representative appointed under subsection 12A (1).”.
9.  	Repeal
	Section 18 of the Principal Act is repealed.
10.  	Review of refusal to accredit
	Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) “Executive Officer” and substituting “Chairperson”.
11.  	Register
	Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:
“(3) 	The Chairperson shall determine a place at which the register may be inspected.
“(3A) 	A person is entitled to inspect the register at the place determined in subsection (3) during ordinary office hours.”.

NOTE
Principal Act
1.	Act No. 87, 1997.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 21 May 1998]

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