2010‑2011
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011
No. , 2011
(School Education, Early Childhood and Youth)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to education, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Schools Assistance Act 2008 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to education, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Schools Assistance Amendment Act 2011.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Schools Assistance Act 2008
1 Section 22
Repeal the section, substitute:
22 Funding agreements—national curriculum
(1) A funding agreement for a non‑systemic school, or an approved school system, must require the relevant authority for the school or system to ensure that the school, or each school in the system, implements the national curriculum prescribed by the regulations in accordance with the regulations.
(2) Despite subsection 14(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, regulations made for the purposes of this section may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in an instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.