Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “aid” means any assistance granted to a secondary or pre-vocational school by the Authority under this Act; “Authority” means the Private Secondary Education Authority established under section 3; “Board” means the Private Secondary Education Board referred to in section 6; “Director” means the person appointed as such under section 10; “document”— (a) means a document in any form; and P33 – 1 [Issue 9] Private Secondary Schools Authority Act (b) includes— (i) any writing on any material; (ii) a book or graphical illustration; and (iii) information recorded or stored by any electronic or other technological means and capable, with or without the aid of any equipment, of being reproduced; “grant” means a grant payable under section 15 (1); “guidelines”— (a) means guidelines issued under section 5 or 5A; and (b) includes any code, guidance note or other similar instrument which the Authority may issue under those sections; “inspection” includes pedagogical inspection and quality assurance; “manager” has the same meaning as in the Education Act; “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of education is assigned; “Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry; “pre-vocational school” means a pre-vocational school registered under the Education Act, which is not owned and managed by Government; “private secondary education”— (a) means post primary education, offered by a private secondary school, leading to public examinations at School Certificate or Higher School Certificate level, or their equivalent; but (b) does not include vocational or tertiary education; “provisional grant” means a provisional grant payable under section 15 (2); “rector” has the same meaning as in the Education Act; “rules” means rules made by the Authority under section 21A; “secondary school” means a secondary school registered under the Education Act, which is not owned and managed by Government. [S. 2 amended by Act 56 of 1983; s. 3 of Act 50 of 2002; s. 4 of Act 20 of 2016 w.e.f. 1 October 2016.]