Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Education Act 1990 No 8 (formerly Education Reform Act 1990). Assented to 1.6.1990. Date of commencement of Part 1, Part 9, sec 102 excepted, secs 130, 132, 133 (in so far as it repeals secs 29, 30 (2)–(6) and 31 of and Schs 2 and 3 to the Education and Public Instruction Act 1987) and 134, in its application to the provisions of Part 1 of Sch 3 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 3, and those provisions and Sch 1, 8.6.1990, sec 2 and GG No 74 of 8.6.1990, p 4587; date of commencement of remainder of provisions, 31.12.1990, sec 2 and GG No 174 of 21.12.1990, p 11168. This Act has been amended as follows:

1990	No 118	Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990. Assented to 18.12.1990. Date of commencement, 1.2.1991, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 1.2.1991, p 868.
1991	No 17	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Education Reform Act 1990, assent, sec 2.
	No 19	Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of New South Wales Incorporation (Amendment) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement, 15.11.1991, sec 2 and GG No 159 of 15.11.1991, p 9514.
1992	No 57	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1992. Assented to 8.10.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Education Reform Act 1990, assent, Sch 2.
	No 110	Public Health (Amendment) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, 14.5.1993, sec 2 and GG No 47 of 14.5.1993, p 2254.
1993	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1993. Assented to 2.12.1993. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Education Reform Act 1990, assent, Sch 1.
1995	No 93	Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement, 21.12.1996, sec 2.
1997	No 7	Education Reform Amendment (Board Inspectors) Act 1997. Assented to 20.5.1997. Date of commencement, 6.2.1998, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 6.2.1998, p 523.
	No 77	Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.10.1998, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 2.10.1998, p 7889. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 127	Education Reform Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 15.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] [3] and [6], 15.5.1998, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 15.5.1998, p 3369 (The proclamation appointed 8.5.1998 as the date of commencement. Pursuant to sec 23 (5) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the proclamation does not fail merely because it was not published in the Gazette until after the day appointed in the proclamation, but sec 23 (5) provides, in that event, for those provisions of the Act to commence on the day on which the proclamation was published in the Gazette.); date of commencement of Sch 1 [2] [4] and [5], 1.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 15.5.1998, p 3369; date of commencement of Schs 2 and 3, 19.12.1997, sec 2 and GG No 149 of 19.12.1997, p 10093.
1998	No 54	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998. Assented to 30.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
1999	No 75	Education Amendment (Special Courses of Study) Act 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement, 28.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 3 of 14.1.2000, p 164.
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2001	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2003	No 51	Education Amendment (Computing Skills) Act 2003. Assented to 23.10.2003. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2004	No 15	Education Amendment (Non-Government Schools Registration) Act 2004. Assented to 24.3.2004. Date of commencement, 1.5.2004, sec 2 and GG No 74 of 16.4.2004, p 2089.
	No 65	Institute of Teachers Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 4.1, 9.8.2004, sec 2 and GG No 133 of 9.8.2004, p 6447.
	No 114	Teaching Services Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 21.12.2004. Date of commencement, 17.1.2005, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 14.1.2005, p 97.
2005	No 108	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 7.12.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 2.1.2007, sec 2 and GG No 192 of 29.12.2006, p 11959.
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 66	Education Amendment (Financial Assistance to Non-Government Schools) Act 2006. Assented to 5.10.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 114	Education Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Sch 1 [5] excepted, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 1 [5], except to the extent that it inserts Div 2 of Part 5A, 26.11.2007, sec 2 (2) and GG No 172 of 23.11.2007, p 8591; date of commencement of Sch 1 [5] to the extent that it inserts Div 2 of Part 5A, 30.11.2009, sec 2 (2) and 2009 (545) LW 27.11.2009. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 12	Education Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 16.5.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Sch 1 [3] excepted, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 1 [3], 30.11.2009, sec 2 (2) and 2009 (545) LW 27.11.2009.
	No 109	Education Amendment (Educational Support for Children with Significant Learning Difficulties) Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2009	No 7	Associations Incorporation Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (237) LW 11.6.2010.
	No 25	Education Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 19.5.2009. Date of commencement, 1.1.2010, sec 2.
	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
	No 54	Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (248) LW 18.6.2010.
	No 57	Education Amendment (Publication of School Results) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 79	Education Amendment (School Attendance) Act 2009. Assented to 3.11.2009. Date of commencement, 1.1.2010, sec 2 and 2009 (576) LW 18.12.2009.
2010	No 54	Industrial Relations Amendment (Public Sector Appeals) Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2.
	No 59	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2.26, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
	No 124	Education Amendment (Ethics) Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 127	Public Health Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.9.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012.
	No 131	Vocational Education and Training (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement, 30.6.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (297) LW 24.6.2011.
2012	No 12	Education Amendment (Record of School Achievement) Act 2012. Assented to 21.3.2012. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 1	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 3	Am 1995 No 93, Sch 1 [1]; 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [1]; 1998 No 120, Sch 2.14 [1]; 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [1]–[3]; 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [1]; 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [1]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [1]; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5	Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [2] [3].
Sec 6	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 1 [1]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 8	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [4] [5].
Sec 9	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 10	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 11	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 1 [3]; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 12	Subst 1997 No 127, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 13	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 17	Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 18	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 18A	Ins 1997 No 127, Sch 3 [3]. Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [2] [3]. Subst 2009 No 57, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [7] [8].
Sec 20	Am 2008 No 109, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 21A	Ins 2006 No 66, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 21B	Ins 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2010 No 131, Sch 2.3.
Sec 22	Am 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [3]. Subst 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [4].
Secs 22A–22D	Ins 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 23	Am 1992 No 110, sec 4; 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [3]–[5]. Subst 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2010 No 59, Sch 2.26; 2010 No 127, Sch 4.3.
Sec 24	Am 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [7]–[9].
Sec 25	Am 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 26	Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [4].
Part 5A, Div 1 (sec 26A)	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5].
Part 5A, Div 2	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 26B	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2009 No 54, Sch 2.15 [1].
Sec 26C	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5] (am 2007 No 27, Sch 4). Am 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [3].
Secs 26D, 26E	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 26F	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2009 No 54, Sch 2.15 [2].
Part 5A, Divs 3, 4 (secs 26G–26M)	Ins 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 28	Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [4] [6] [7]; 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 29	Am 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 31	Am 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 31A	Ins 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 33A	Ins 2010 No 124, sec 3.
Sec 34	Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [4]; 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 34A	Ins 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 35	Am 1995 No 93, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 44	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 47	Am 1995 No 93, Sch 1 [3]. Subst 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2004 No 65, Sch 4.1; 2005 No 108, Sch 2.3.
Sec 47A	Ins 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 49	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 51	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [2]–[5].
Sec 52	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [11]–[13].
Sec 54A	Ins 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 56	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [6] (am 1998 No 102, Sch 2.1 [2]) [7]–[9].
Sec 57	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [15]–[17].
Sec 57A	Ins 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 58	Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1.
Sec 59	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [10]–[12].
Sec 60	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 61	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [13]–[15].
Sec 63A	Ins 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [20]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.23 [1].
Sec 65	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 70	Subst 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 72	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [16] [17] (am 1998 No 102, Sch 2.1 [3]) [18] [19].
Sec 74	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [20] (am 1998 No 102, Sch 2.1 [4]) [21] [22].
Sec 76	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [23]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 77	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [24]–[27].
Sec 78	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [22].
Sec 82	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [28]–[31].
Part 8, heading	Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 84	Rep 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 85	Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 87	Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 87A	Ins 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 88	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [32].
Sec 89	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [33].
Sec 91	Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [34] [35]; 1998 No 120, Sch 2.14 [2].
Sec 93	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [12] [13].
Part 8, Div 2, heading	Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 94	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 1 [6]; 1998 No 54, Sch 1.8 [1]; 2003 No 51, Sch 1 [1] [2]. Subst 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 95	Am 1990 No 118, Sch 3; 1993 No 108, Sch 1; 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [8]; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 95A	Ins 1999 No 75, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 97	Am 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 98	Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1. Subst 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 99	Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.14 [1].
Sec 100	Am 1990 No 118, Sch 3; 1998 No 54, Sch 1.8 [2]; 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [4] [6].
Sec 101A	Ins 1997 No 127, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 102	Am 1990 No 118, Sch 3; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1993 No 108, Sch 1; 1999 No 75, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 103	Subst 1997 No 127, Sch 2 [2].
Sec 104	Am 1997 No 7, Sch 1 [1]; 2004 No 114, Sch 2.2. Subst 2006 No 2, Sch 4.14 [2].
Sec 105	Am 1997 No 7, Sch 1 [2]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.14 [3].
Part 10	Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [36].
Sec 107	Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [36]. Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [9] [10].
Sec 108	Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [36]. Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [11] [12].
Sec 109	Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [36].
Secs 110–113	Rep 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [36].
Sec 115	Am 1991 No 19, sec 4; 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [9]; 2009 No 7, Sch 3.4.
Secs 116, 119	Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 120	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [37].
Sec 122	Am 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [6]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 123	Am 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [13]; 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [6]–[9]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 124	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.90; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 124A	Ins 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 125	Am 1992 No 57, Sch 2.
Sec 126	Rep 1992 No 57, Sch 2.
Sec 131	Am 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 132	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sec 135	Ins 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [15].
Sch 1	Am 1997 No 127, Sch 2 [3]–[7]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (3) and Sch 5, Part 3; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.23 [2].
Sch 1A	Ins 1997 No 7, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.14 [4] [5]; 2010 No 54, Sch 3.2 [1] [2].
Sch 2	Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1. Rep 1997 No 77, Sch 4.2 [38].
Sch 3	Am 1995 No 93, Sch 1 [4]–[6]; 1997 No 7, Sch 1 [4]; 1997 No 127, Schs 2 [8], 3 [4] [5]; 1999 No 75, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2004 No 15, Sch 1 [29] [30]; 2006 No 66, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2006 No 114, Sch 1 [14]; 2008 No 12, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2009 No 57, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [16]; 2012 No 12, Sch 1 [19] [20].