South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The
Chief Executive is the "responsible authority" for Government schools.
(2) The Executive
Officer of the South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools Incorporated
(including a person for the time being holding or acting in
that position) is the "responsible authority" for all Catholic schools.
(3) The Director of
Lutheran Schools, South Australia (including a person for the time being
holding or acting in that position) is the "responsible authority for all
Lutheran schools.
(4) The Director of
Education, Seventh Day Adventist schools (including a person for the time
being holding or acting in that position) is the
"responsible authority" for all Seventh Day Adventist schools.
(5) The Minister may,
on the application of a school or class of schools (not being a school or
class of schools contemplated by a preceding subsection), by notice in
writing, appoint a person—
(a) who
has been nominated by the school or class of schools; and
(b) who
has agreed in writing to the appointment,
to be the "responsible authority" for the school or class of schools.
(6) The Minister may,
by subsequent notice in writing, vary or revoke a notice under
subsection (5).
(7) In the case of a
school in relation to which a responsible authority cannot be determined
according to a preceding subsection, each member of the governing authority of
the school will be taken to be a "responsible authority for the school.
(8) In this
section—
"Lutheran school" means a school that is a member of the Lutheran Schools
Association;
"Seventh Day Adventist school" means a school operated by the
Seventh Day Adventist Schools SA Trust.