Education Act 1957 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Inspection of Registered Schools and Examination of Unregistered Premises
54. Power to direct remedial measures
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If it appears to the Director‑General that any provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder have not been complied with in any school or that any school is not being properly or efficiently conducted, he may, without prejudice to any other powers vested in him, by notice in writing addressed to the supervisor direct him to take within a time to be stated in the notice such measures as are in the notice specified, in order that the provisions may be complied with or that the school may be properly or efficiently conducted.
school
“school” means according to the context —(a)an organisation for the provision of education for 10 or more persons; or(b)a place where 10 or more persons are being or are habitually taught whether in one or more classes, or in the case of a correspondence school, the place or places where instruction is prepared or where answers are examined or corrected;
The Director-General may in his discretion in any particular case cause a copy of any such notice to be sent to each of the other managers of the school.
The supervisor of any school receiving the notice may, within the time specified in the notice as the time within which the measures specified are to be taken, appeal to the Appeals Board as provided in section 56.
supervisor
“supervisor” means the manager registered as the supervisor under section 28;