New Zealand Legislation: Acts

35A Provisional and full registration of private schools

• (1) The managers of an unregistered or proposed private school must apply to the Secretary, on a form provided by the Secretary for the purpose, for its provisional registration as a primary, secondary, or special private school, or as a school of 2 or all of those descriptions.

  (2) The Secretary must provisionally register a school in respect of which an application is made under subsection (1) as a school of the description or descriptions concerned if he or she is satisfied that the school or proposed school meets or is likely to meet the criteria for registration as a private school.

  (3) Provisional registration of a school or proposed school continues—

  • (a) for 12 months (unless it is revoked earlier); or

  • (b) until the expiry of any period specified by the Secretary under subsection (4).

  (4) The Secretary may renew the provisional registration of a school only once, for a period specified by the Secretary, if he or she is satisfied that—

  • (a) exceptional circumstances exist in relation to the school; and

  • (b) the school is likely to meet the criteria for registration as a private school in that period.

  (5) The Secretary may request a further review, in addition to the review under section 35I(2), of a school that has its provisional registration renewed under subsection (4).

  (6) The Secretary must fully register a school as a school of the description or descriptions concerned if he or she is satisfied, having considered any report under section 35I(4) in relation to a review under section 35I(2) or (3) (as the case may be), that a provisionally registered school meets the criteria for registration as a private school.

  Section 35A: substituted, on 21 December 2010, by section 11 of the Education Amendment Act (No 3) 2010 (2010 No 134).