REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI
(No. 13 of 1996)

I assent,

(Sgd: T. Tito)
Beretitenti
09/07/96

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE (CAP. 29)

Commencement
1996

MADE by the Maneaba ni Maungatabu and assented to by the Beretitenti.

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Education (Amendment) Act 1996.

Amendment of section 14

2. Section 14 of the Education Ordinance is amended by adding a new subsection (5) as follows -

"(5) Where the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that any controlling authority and the manager are conducting a school without a certificate of registration in force, the Secretary, subject to the approval of the Minister, may by order under his hand order the controlling authority and the manager to close the school."

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EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1996

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.	The main objective of this Act is to empower the Minister through the Secretary to close down non-government schools which are illegally operating without being registered, in order to ensure the effective implementation of the Ordinance.

2.	The above objective is achieved by adding a new provision "14(5)" which enables the Secretary, subject to the approval of the Minister to close down non-Government schools which are being conducted without a certificate of registration in force.

Michael N. Takabwebwe
The Attorney General
1 November 1995