(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
controlling authority, in relation to an integrated school, means its board of trustees established under Part 9 of the Education Act 1989
education with a special character means education within the framework of a particular or general religious or philosophical belief, and associated with observances or traditions appropriate to that belief
integrated school means a private school originally established to provide education with a special character that, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, has, by the free choice of the proprietors of the school, been established as an integrated school, and has thereby become part of the State system of education in New Zealand; and includes any school that has been established as an integrated school with the consent of the Minister given pursuant to subsection (3) of section 5
integration means the conditions and procedures on and by which a private school may become established as part of the State system of education and remain part of that system on a basis whereby the education with a special character which it provides is preserved and safeguarded; and integrated has a corresponding meaning
integration agreement means an agreement entered into under section 7 between the proprietors and the Minister, under which provision is made for establishing a private school as an integrated school; and includes a supplementary agreement entered into under that section
proprietor or proprietors, in relation to a private school or an integrated school, means that corporation, body of trustees, or other person or body of persons, which or who have the primary responsibility for determining the special character of the school and for supervising the maintenance of that special character, and who own, hold upon trust, or lease the land and buildings that constitute the school premises
State school means a school or other educational institution established under Part 3 of the Education Act 1964.