Section 9Part 3 — REGISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES, AND TEACHERS
Registration of educational institutions, institutions providing educational support services, and teachers
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No person or entity may own, operate, manage or participate in the management of, any educational institution or institution providing educational support services, and no educational institution or institution providing educational support services shall be operated, unless that institution is registered in accordance with the regulations.
The Cabinet may make regulations —
relating to the granting, suspension and revocation of registrations, and otherwise in relation to registrations, of educational institutions and institutions providing educational support services; and
prescribing the form and nature of annual reports for registered educational institutions and institutions providing educational support services.
An educational institution that was authorised under the repealed Education Law (2010 Revision) may continue to operate as if registered under this Act but only for one year from 1st July, 2017, the date that this section enters into force, during which period the institution shall apply for registration under this Act.
An institution providing educational support services that was licensed under the Trade and Business Licensing Act (2021 Revision) but not authorised under the repealed Education Law (2010 Revision) may continue to operate as if registered under this Act but only up to the end of its licensed period, during which period the institution shall apply for registration under this Act.
Where within the period of one year referred to in subsection (3) an educational institution or institution providing educational support services makes a valid application for registration under this Part and the application is acknowledged, it may continue operating until a decision on the application is conveyed to it.
The Chief Officer shall establish and maintain a register of educational institutions and institutions providing educational support services into which shall be recorded registrations directed under this section and such other details relating to such educational institutions and institutions providing educational support services as the Minister may determine.
The register referred to in subsection (6) shall be available for inspection by the public during regular working hours.
A person who owns, operates, manages or participates in the management of an educational institution or institution providing educational support services that is not registered, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction —
to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of one year, or to both; and
to a further fine of one hundred dollars per day for each day on which non-compliance occurs after conviction.
Cross References
- Section of Education Law
repealed Education Law (2010 Revision)
- Section of Trade And Business Licensing Actexternal
Trade and Business Licensing Act (2021 Revision)