Western Australian Current Acts

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 213J

213J .         Code of conduct for students

        (1)         The Minister is to prepare and issue a code of conduct for students at student residential colleges.

        (2)         A code of conduct is to set out minimum standards of conduct to be observed by students at student residential colleges.

        (3)         A code of conduct may —

            (a)         be about any aspect of the conduct of students at student residential colleges; and

            (b)         set general principles to guide the behaviour of students at student residential colleges; and

            (c)         make specific provision in respect of a particular student residential college.

        (4)         The Minister may consult with any, or all, of the LINC committees before issuing a code of conduct if the Minister considers it necessary or desirable to do so.

        (5)         A code of conduct —

            (a)         is to be published —

                  (i)         in the Gazette ; and

                  (ii)         by any other means (including on the Internet) that the Minister thinks fit;

                and

            (b)         takes effect —

                  (i)         on the day it is published in the Gazette ; or

                  (ii)         if a later day is stated in the code, on that day.

        (6)         The Minister may amend a code of conduct in force under subsection (1) or repeal it and substitute a new code of conduct.

        (7)         Subsections (4) and (5) apply to and in relation to the amendment or repeal of a code of conduct.

        [Section 213J inserted: No. 41 of 2016 s. 11.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 41 of 2016 s. 11.]