South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts29—Functions of Board
(1) The functions of the Board are as follows:
(a) to regulate the provision of education services and early childhood services;
(b) to approve the requirements for endorsement of registration;
(c) to establish and maintain the registers contemplated by this Act;
(d) to prepare or endorse codes of conduct for registered schools;
(e) to provide advice to the Minister as the Board considers appropriate;
(f) to carry out other functions assigned to the Board under this or any other Act or by the Minister.
(2) A code of conduct prepared or endorsed by the Board cannot come into operation except with the written approval of—
(a) the Minister; and
(b) a majority of the peak bodies prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of this subsection.
(3) The Board must, in relation to each code of conduct prepared or endorsed by the Board and that has been approved in accordance with subsection (2)—
(a) cause a copy of the code to be published in the Gazette, together with a statement of the operative date of the code (which cannot be a date earlier than the date of publication); and
(b) take reasonable steps to send a copy of the code to each school to which it applies; and
(c) ensure that a copy of the code is published on the Internet and kept available for public inspection without charge during normal office hours at the principal office of the Board,
(although proof of compliance with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) is not necessary for the purposes of any proceedings that involve an alleged contravention of or failure to comply with a code of conduct).