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Formal Consolidation |  2011 RevEd
Non-application to certain education institutions
72.  This Act shall not apply to the following persons, all of whom shall not be regarded as private education institutions, or managers or teachers of private education institutions, as the case may be:
(a)the Government or any entity owned or controlled by the Government and the teachers of a Government school;
(b)the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore established under the Institute of Technical Education Act (Cap. 141A) or any company owned (wholly or partly) by or any undertaking of the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore and their respective teachers;
(c)the following Polytechnics or undertakings and their respective teachers:
(i)the Nanyang Polytechnic established under the Nanyang Polytechnic Act (Cap. 191A);
(ii)the Ngee Ann Polytechnic established under the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Act (Cap. 207);
(iii)the Republic Polytechnic established under the Republic Polytechnic Act (Cap. 270);
(iv)the Singapore Polytechnic established under the Singapore Polytechnic Act (Cap. 303);
(v)the Temasek Polytechnic established under the Temasek Polytechnic Act (Cap. 323A); and
(vi)any company that is owned (wholly or partly) by any such Polytechnic referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) to (v);
(d)any other body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act and that has a public function, or any entity owned (wholly or partly) or controlled by such a body, offering to provide or providing any education, and its teachers;
(e)the organisation, committee of management, managers and teachers of any school registered under the Education Act (Cap. 87) and which receives a grant-in-aid or subvention extended by the Government to aided schools within the meaning of that Act unless the organisation is specified in a notification made under the definition of “private education institution” in section 2;
(f)the organisation, committee of management, managers and teachers at any special education school for students with physical or intellectual disabilities which is registered under the Education Act and which receives a subvention extended by the Government;
(g)the organisation, committee of management, managers and teachers of any education institution providing education in accordance with religious beliefs and principles and no other education, including any school exempted under section 3 of the Education Act and any Muslim religious school referred to in section 87(1) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3);
(h)the governing board constituted for any school under the School Boards (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 284A), its governors and the teachers of such a school;
(i)the Nanyang Technological University, the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Management University, the Singapore University of Technology and Design and any other person whose function of providing university education is determined by written law, any entity owned (wholly or partly) or controlled by any such University or person, and the teachers of the respective Universities and entities; and
(j)any place of safety or juvenile rehabilitation centre approved, appointed or established under the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38) or any approved institution approved under section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act (Cap. 252), respectively, and the respective managers thereof.
[3/2011; 14/2011]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 19 of 2017
Non-application to certain education institutions
72.—(1)  This Act shall not apply to the following persons, all of whom shall not be regarded as private education institutions, or managers or teachers of private education institutions, as the case may be:
(a)the Government or any entity owned or controlled by the Government and the teachers of a Government school;
(b)the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore established under the Institute of Technical Education Act (Cap. 141A) or any company owned (wholly or partly) by or any undertaking of the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore and their respective teachers;
(c)the following Polytechnics or undertakings and their respective teachers:
(i)the Nanyang Polytechnic established under the Nanyang Polytechnic Act (Cap. 191A);
(ii)the Ngee Ann Polytechnic established under the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Act (Cap. 207);
(iii)the Republic Polytechnic established under the Republic Polytechnic Act (Cap. 270);
(iv)the Singapore Polytechnic established under the Singapore Polytechnic Act (Cap. 303);
(v)the Temasek Polytechnic established under the Temasek Polytechnic Act (Cap. 323A); and
(vi)any company that is owned (wholly or partly) by any such Polytechnic referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) to (v);
(d)any other body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act and that has a public function, or any entity owned (wholly or partly) or controlled by such a body, offering to provide or providing any education, and its teachers;
(e)the organisation, committee of management, managers and teachers of any school registered under the Education Act (Cap. 87) and which receives a grant-in-aid or subvention extended by the Government to aided schools within the meaning of that Act unless the organisation is specified in a notification made under the definition of “private education institution” in section 2;
(f)the organisation, committee of management, managers and teachers at any special education school for students with physical or intellectual disabilities which is registered under the Education Act and which receives a subvention extended by the Government;
(g)the organisation, committee of management, managers and teachers of any education institution providing education in accordance with religious beliefs and principles and no other education, including any school exempted under section 3 of the Education Act and any Muslim religious school referred to in section 87(1) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3);
(h)the governing board constituted for any school under the School Boards (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 284A), its governors and the teachers of such a school;
(i)the Nanyang Technological University, the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Management University, the Singapore University of Technology and Design, the Singapore Institute of Technology, the Singapore University of Social Sciences and any other person whose function of providing university education is determined by written law, any entity owned (wholly or partly) or controlled by any such University or person, and the teachers of the respective Universities and entities; and
(j)any place of safety or juvenile rehabilitation centre approved, appointed or established under the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38) or any approved institution approved under section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act (Cap. 252), respectively, and the respective managers thereof.
[Act 19 of 2017 wef 02/01/2019]
(2)  This Act does not apply to, or in relation to, any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017, the key appointment holders (as defined in that Act) of the licensee of the centre, and the teachers of the centre.
[Act 19 of 2017 wef 02/01/2019]