New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18A Recommendation that student should attend particular school

• (1) The Secretary may, on the recommendation of the chief executive of the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, direct the board of a State school to enrol at the school any person; and in that case the board must do so.

  (2) No direction may be given under subsection (1) unless the Secretary has taken all reasonable steps to consult—

  • (a) the person's parents; and

  • (b) the board of the school concerned; and

  • (c) the chief executive of the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, and any other person or organisation that, in the Secretary's opinion, may be interested in, or able to advise on or help with, the person's education or welfare.

  (3) A board must comply with a direction under subsection (1), and the direction overrides the provisions of any enrolment scheme the school may have in place.

  Section 18A: substituted, on 1 October 1999, by section 13 of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).

  Section 18A(1): amended, on 8 July 2000, by section 5 of the Education Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 21).

  Section 18A(3): substituted, on 8 July 2000, by section 26(4) of the Education Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 21).