South Australian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES (REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS) ACT 2011 (NO 46 OF 2011) - SECT 75

75—Use of certain terms or descriptions prohibited

        (1)         A school that is not registered on the schools register must not use a prescribed term, or derivatives of the words comprising the term, to describe a service provided by the school.

        (2)         If a school contravenes subsection (1)—

            (a)         if the school is an incorporated or trustee services provider—the school; or

            (b)         in any other case—the responsible authority for the school,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $50 000.

        (3)         A person who is not registered on the schools register must not use a prescribed term, or derivatives of the words comprising the term, to describe himself or herself or a service that he or she provides.

Maximum penalty: $50 000.

        (4)         A person must not, in the course of advertising or promoting a service that he or she provides, use a prescribed term, or derivatives of the words comprising the term, to describe a school that is engaged in the provision of the service unless the school is registered on the schools register.

Maximum penalty: $50 000.

        (5)         In this section—

"prescribed term" means—

            (a)         registered school; or

            (b)         any other word or expression prescribed by the regulations.