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Section 87

of Education Act 1996

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Section 87

(a)

the ground specified in paragraph 84(a);

(b)

that discipline in the educational institution is not being adequately maintained;

(c)

that the registration of the educational institution was obtained by reason of mistake or of any false or misleading statement;

(d)

that the chairman of the board of governors or any other person responsible for the management of the educational institution has made a false or misleading statement in a material particular in promoting the educational institution;

(e)

that there has been a breach of any term or condition imposed by the Registrar General under subsection 79(3);

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(f)

that there is no chairman of the board of governors of the educational institution, or that the person appointed to be the chairman of the board of governors or to be head teacher is not a fit and proper or responsible person to act as chairman or head teacher, as the case may be.

(2)

The Registrar General may act under subsection (1) if he has reason to believe that a registered educational institution has ceased to exist.

(3)

A notice of intention to cancel the registration of an educational institution under subsection (1) shall specify the grounds on which it is proposed to cancel the registration.

(4)

Where a notice under subsection (1) is served on a person referred to in that subsection, he may within twenty-one days of the notice being served upon him appeal to the Minister.

(5)

If no appeal is made under subsection (4), or if an appeal having been made is rejected, the Registrar General may cancel the registration of the educational institution forthwith; and within twenty-one days of the cancellation, the chairman of the board of governors or any person responsible for the management of the educational institution shall surrender to the Registrar General the certificate of registration of the educational institution and the instrument of government thereof, and the chairman and the governors and every employee of the educational institution shall surrender to the Registrar

General their certificates of registration issued under this Act.