New Zealand Legislation: Acts

35B Courses for foreign students

• The board (or, in the case of a school that is not a State school, the governing body) of a registered school shall not establish, or permit any student to enrol or continue to be enrolled in, any class, course, or programme, intended exclusively or mainly for foreign students, unless the class, course, or programme, is for the time being approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, which shall not approve it unless satisfied on reasonable grounds that—

  • (a) the school has or will have adequate staff, equipment, and premises to provide it; and

  • (b) the standard of instruction provided in it will be no lower than the standard that would be expected in any similar class, course, or programme for domestic students.

  Section 35B: inserted, on 23 July 1990, by section 12 of the Education Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 60).