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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (11 November) . . Page.. 3969 ..

MR STEFANIAK (continuing):

Page 2, line 20, clause 3, definition of "recognised educational institution", omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

"`recognised educational institution' means a school, college or other educational institution at which a person provides, or offers to provide, senior secondary education, being a school, college or institution that is -

(a) conducted under paragraph 6(1) of the Schools Authority Act 1976; or

(b) registered or provisionally registered under Part III of the Education Act 1937;".

Page 3, line 12, clause 5, paragraph (1)(b), after "agreements", insert "recognised".

Page 3, line 15, clause 5, paragraph (1)(c), omit "an educational institution", substitute "a recognised educational institution".

Page 3, line 19, clause 5, paragraph (1)(e), after "certificates" insert "and transcripts".

Page 3, line 30, clause 5, paragraph (2)(b), omit "consistent national standards", substitute "national agreements".

Page 4, line 32, clause 5, paragraph (4)(d), omit "nationally agreed standards", substitute "national agreements".

Mr Speaker, I also present the supplementary explanatory memorandum. In addressing these amendments I will address all 11 of my amendments because they are of the same nature. These amendments are the result of comments received during circulation of the exposure draft Bill. Changes have been made to the interpretation section. A definition of "national agreement" has been added. The definition of "recognised educational institution" has been revised. These two amendments have required a number of subsequent minor changes to ensure consistency. A further amendment clarifies the role of the board in providing transcripts of records. A minor amendment corrects the reference to the Secondary College Principals Association. The last amendment that I will be moving to the Bill clarifies procedures for lodgment of an application for review where the board refuses to issue a certificate. Assembly members will observe that the amendments do not change the intent of the Bill and are designed to clarify issues.

MS McRAE (6.09): The Opposition will be supporting those amendments. They have come from comments that different people have brought up during consideration of the exposure draft of the Bill and they seem fairly sensible and straightforward.

Amendments agreed to.

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