Western Australian Current Acts

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 153

153 .         Minister may direct chief executive officer

        (1)         The Minister may give directions in writing of a general nature to the chief executive officer with respect to the performance of the chief executive officer’s functions under this Part and the chief executive officer is to give effect to any such direction.

        (2)         The Minister must not under subsection (1) give a direction with respect to the performance of the chief executive officer’s functions —

            (a)         under Division 3B; or

            (b)         in respect of a particular person, governing body or school.

        (3)         A copy of a direction given under subsection (1) must —

            (a)         within 14 days after the direction is given, be laid before each House of Parliament or dealt with under subsection (4); and

            (b)         be included in the annual report of the department submitted under the Financial Management Act 2006 Part 5.

        (4)         The Minister must transmit a copy of the direction to the Clerk of a House of Parliament if —

            (a)         at the commencement of the period referred to in subsection (3)(a) the House is not sitting; and

            (b)         the Minister is of the opinion that the House will not sit during that period.

        (5)         A copy of a direction transmitted to the Clerk of a House is to be regarded as having been laid before that House.

        (6)         The laying of a copy of a direction that is regarded as having occurred under subsection (5) is to be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after the receipt of the copy by the Clerk.

        [Section 153 amended: No. 28 of 2014 s. 5.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 28 of 2014 s. 6.]