Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Schools Commission Amendment Act 1984 No. 52 of 1984 - SECT 15

15. After section 2 of the Principal Act the following section and heading are
inserted: Interpretation

''2A. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

'Australian Capital Territory' includes the Jervis Bay Territory;

'Commission' means the Commonwealth Schools Commission established by
sub-section 4 (1);

'Council' means the Curriculum Development Council established by sub-section
14B (1);

'government school' means a school conducted by or on behalf of the Government
of a State or the Government of the Commonwealth;

'Minister', in relation to a State, means-

   (a)  except in the case of the Northern Territory-a Minister of the Crown
        of the State; or

   (b)  in the case of the Northern Territory-a person holding Ministerial
        office under section 36 of the
        Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 ;

'non-government school' means a school other than a government school;

'school' means a school or similar institution, being a school or institution
at which full-time primary education or full-time secondary education, or
both, is or are provided, or at which education is provided that includes
full-time primary education or full-time secondary education, or both, but
does not include a school or institution conducted for the profit, direct or
indirect, of an individual or individuals;

'State' includes the Northern Territory;

'Territory' does not include the Northern Territory.

''(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to
schools is a reference both to government schools and to non-government
schools.

              ''PART  II-THE  COMMONWEALTH  SCHOOLS  COMMISSION''.