Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SCHOOLS COMMISSION ACT 1973 No. 213, 1973 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''acting Chairman'' means an acting Chairman of the Commission appointed under
sub-section 6 (1);

''acting member'' means an acting member of the Commission appointed under
sub-section 6 (2), (3) or (4);

''Australian Capital Territory'' includes the Jervis Bay Territory;

''Chairman'' means the Chairman of the Commission;

''Commission'' means the Schools Commission established by this Act;

''disadvantaged school'' means a school-

   (a)  the students at which, or a substantial proportion of the students at
        which, are members of a community which, for social, economic, ethnic,
        geographic, cultural, lingual or any similar reason, has a lower than
        average ability to take advantage of educational facilities; and

   (b)  which requires special facilities (whether in the form of buildings,
        equipment, teaching staff or in some other form) for the purpose of
        enabling the school to provide adequate educational opportunities for
        students at the school;

''financial assistance'', in relation to a school conducted by the Government
of Australia, includes assistance by way of expenditure of moneys by the
Government of Australia for the purposes of the school;

''full-time member'' means the Chairman and any other member appointed to be a
full-time member of the Commission;

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

''member'' means a member of the Commission, and includes the Chairman;

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

''part-time member'' means a member of the Commission other than a full-time
member;

''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;

''school system'' means an educational system that provides education at
schools or, if an educational system provides education at schools and also at
institutions other than schools, that system in so far as it relates to
schools.

(2) Any reference in a provision of this Act to schools shall, unless the
contrary intention appears, be read as a reference both to government schools
and to non-government schools.