School Education Amendment Regulations 2007 (WA)

24 August 2007 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4317

Regulations 2007.

ED301*

School Education Act 1999

School Education Amendment Regulations 2007

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the School Education Amendment

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Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows:

(a)	regulations 1 and 2—on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations - on the day after that day.

3.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the School
Education Regulations 2000*.

[* Reprint 1 as at 3 March 2006.

For amendments to 19 June 2007 see Western Australian
Legislation Information Tables for 2006, Table 4.]

4.            Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3(1) is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position -

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"member of staff", in relation to a government

school, means a person -

(a)	employed in the department and referred to in section 235(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d); and
(b)	whose functions relate to the school;

kP	Part 3 Division 4 replaced
Part 3 Division 4 is repealed and the following Division is inserted instead -
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Division 4 - Supervision of students, protection of

CSOflS and property

38.           Supervision of students, restraint of persons: s. 119(2)(t), 123(1) and 244(1)

A member of staff of government school may, in the performance of the person's functions, take such action, including physical contact with a student or a student's property, as is reasonable -

(a)	to manage or care for a student; or
(b)	to maintain or re-establish order; or
(c)	to prevent or restrain a person from -

(i)     placing at risk the safety of any person; or

(ii)     damaging any property.

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6.            Regulation 147 amended

Regulation 147(4) is amended by deleting "who is a ward for the purposes of the Child Welfare Act 1947, whether or not the child is under the guardianship of the Director-General as defined in that Act." and inserting instead

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in respect of whom a protection order (time-limited) or
a protection order (until 18), as those terms are defined
in the Children and Community Services Act 2004

section 3, is made.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.