In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71 of the Private Education Act 2009, the Council for Private Education, with the approval of the Minister for Education, hereby makes the following Regulations:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Private Education Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 21st December 2009.
Definitions
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Academic Board” means the Academic Board required to be established by a private education institution under regulation 15;
“classroom” means any room in the premises of a private education institution used for education purposes;
“Council’s Website” means the Council’s Internet website at http://www.cpe.gov.sg;
“equipment” includes any appliance, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used for education purposes;
“Examination Board” means the Examination Board required to be established by a private education institution under regulation 16;
“qualification” does not include any honorary degree;
“registered premises”, in relation to a registered private education institution, means the place or places of business of the private education institution, and includes each of its schools and the departments and faculties thereof (if any);
“registration number”, in relation to a registered private education institution, means the registration number of the registered private education institution assigned by the Council.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered form shall be construed as a reference to the current version of the form bearing the corresponding number which is displayed at the Council’s Website.
Made this 9th day of December 2009.
LIN CHENG TON
Chairman, Council for Private Education, Singapore.