Australian Capital Territory
Education Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1)
Subordinate law SL2009–42
made under the  
Education Act 2004, section 155 (Regulation-making power)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Authority

This Regulation is authorised by section 155 of the Education Act 2004 (the Act).

Background

Section 38 of the Act provides that a school board is established for each government school. Section 41 of the Act prescribes the composition of a school board of a government school.

Section 41(2)(f)) of the Act provides that only those schools prescribed in a regulation can have two student members elected by the students at the school and appointed by the Chief Executive.

Schedule 1 of the Education Regulation 2005 prescribes those schools whose school boards include two student members elected by the students at the school.

Purpose

This amendment regulation amends Schedule 1 of the Education Regulation 2005 to include the name of a new school that commenced operation in 2009.

Details

An explanation of each clause of the amendment regulation follows.

Clause 1	Name of regulation
The first clause of the Regulation specifies that the name of the regulation is the Education Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1). The Regulation amends the Education Regulation 2005, which is the subordinate law to the Education Act 2004.

Clause 2	Commencement
Under this clause, this Regulation will commence on the day after the date it is notified on the ACT Legislation Register.  

Clause 3	Legislation amended
This provision provides that this Regulation amends the Education Regulation 2005.  

Clause 4	Schedule 1, part 1.1
This provision substitutes a new table in Schedule 1, Part 1.1, of the Education Regulation 2005 that includes Kingsford Smith School – the school opened at the beginning of the 2009 school year.