Education and Training Amendment Act 2021

1: Title
This Act is the Education and Training Amendment Act 2021.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Education and Training Act 2020 2021-12-16 Education and Training Act 2020
1: Substantive amendments
4: Section 6 amended (Statement of expectations)
Replace section 6(1)
1: The Minister and the Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti may, for the purposes of providing equitable outcomes for all students, jointly issue a statement that sets out expectations for the following agencies:
a: the Ministry:
b: TEC:
c: NZQA:
d: the Education Review Office:
e: Education New Zealand.
5: Section 99 amended (Limits on use of physical restraint at registered schools)
1: In section 99(1) teacher or person holding a teaching position or an
2: In section 99(2)﻿(b) teacher person holding a teaching position
6: Section 100 amended (Rules on use of physical restraint at registered schools)
In section 100(1) teachers, persons holding a teaching position,
7: Section 101 amended (Guidelines on use of physical restraint and behaviour management at registered schools)
In section 101(4) teachers, and authorised staff members persons holding a teaching position, and authorised staff members at registered schools
8: Section 171 amended (Interventions in State schools by Secretary or Minister)
In section 171(2) The Secretary or the Minister may use an intervention The Secretary may use an intervention described in subsection (1)﻿(a) to (f)
9: Section 636 amended (Regulations relating to early childhood services)
1: Replace section 636(1)﻿(a)
a: prescribing matters relating to applications for approval to apply for a licence, including (without limitation)—
i: prescribing fees and charges payable for an application:
ii: specifying any conditions for approval that must be met:
aa: providing for the licensing of service providers to provide early childhood services of any kind, including (without limitation) providing for the transfer of licences:
2: Repeal section 636(1)﻿(e)
3: In section 636(2) The regulations Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations
10: Section 667 amended (Consequential amendments to this Act)
Repeal section 667(1) and (2)
11: Section 669 amended (Repeals and revocations)
1: Repeal section 669(1)﻿(b) and (d)
2: Repeal section 669(2)
12: Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1, clause 60(3) specified period 31 December 2021 31 December 2022
13: Schedule 4 amended
In Schedule 4 Preliminary
1AAA: Application of certain provisions
1: The Police vetting requirements in clauses 1, 2, 9, and 10 apply in respect of a person who, in the course of their work for the service provider or school, does not fall within the definition of a children’s worker in section 23(1) of the Children’s Act 2014 and, as a result, is not required to be safety checked under Part 3 of that Act.
2: To avoid doubt, nothing in this schedule limits Part 3 of the Children’s Act 2014 or regulations made under that Act in relation to the safety checking of children’s workers. Police vetting in respect of licensed early childhood services
2: Other amendments
14: Consequential and minor amendments to principal Act
Amend the principal Act as set out in the Schedule