Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 (Qld)

Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014

An Act to establish the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority and to confer particular functions and powers on the authority

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Objects The objects of this Act are— (a) to help schools to achieve quality learning outcomes for their students; and (b) to help approved providers of education and care services to achieve quality learning outcomes for children who attend the services; and (c) to provide accurate and informative records of student achievement, including through the production of certificates of achievements and statements of results; and (d) to maintain public confidence in certificates of achievement and statements of results developed and administered by the authority.

4 Dictionary The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.

Part 2 Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Division 1 Establishment and status

5 Establishment (1) The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (the authority) is established. (2) The authority— (a) is a body corporate; and (b) has a common seal; and (c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

6 Authority represents the State (1) The authority represents the State. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the authority has the status, privileges and immunities of the State.

7 Application of particular Acts (1) The authority is— (a) a statutory body under the FA Act; and (b) a statutory body under the SBFA Act. (2) The SBFA Act, part 2B sets out the way in which the authority's powers under this Act are affected by the SBFA Act.