1985 Ed.]
Education
(CAP. 279
Annex F
Schools to be registered or provisionally registered
Application for registration of school
9. (1) The following schools and the owners, managers, teachers and pupils of such schools shall be exempt from this Ordinance-
(a) any school entirely maintained and controlled by the Government or by the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom;
(b) any school which provides education which is solely.
religious; and
(c) any school which has been exempted from either of the repealed Ordinances by notification in the Gazette and the exemption of which has not been withdrawn.
(2) The Governor in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, withdraw wholly or partly the exemption conferred by subsection (1) on any school and the owners, managers, teachers or pupils of the school.
(3) The Governor in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance-
(a) any school or class or description of school; and
(b) the owners, managers, teachers or pupils of such school or
class or description of school,
on such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit.
(4) An order under subsection (3) exempting a school from section 10 shall not preclude the making of an application for registration of the school or the registration or provisional registra- tion of the school, and if the school is registered or provisionally registered the exemption shall cease to have effect.
(5) The Director may, by order in writing, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance——
(a) ́any school which provides education consisting only of a series of lectures, or a course of instruction in a particular subject or topic
(b) any school which provides less than 10 hours of academic
instruction each week; and
(c) the owners, managers, teachers or pupils of any school
referred to in paragraph (a) or (d),
on such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit.
PART II
Registration and ProVISIONAL REGISTRATION OF SCHOOLS
10. (1) Every school shall be registered or provisionally registered.
(2) If a school provides evening instruction in addition to other education, there shall be deemed to be a separate school in respect of the evening instruction and such separate school shall also be registered or provisionally registered.
11. An application for registration of a school shall be— (a) made to the Director by an approved manager in the
prescribed form; and
(b) accompanied
(i) by the documents specified in such form; and
(ii) if the school is to be operated in or in any part of any premises which are not designed and constructed for
Exemption of schools from Ordinance.
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