Vocational Education Act, 1930

Approved courses and approved schools.

62.—(1) Whenever the Minister is satisfied that a course of instruction provided by any person other than a vocational education committee affords efficient instruction in the nature of continuation education of a not lower standard than the courses of instruction which vocational education committees are required by this Part of this Act to provide, the Minister may grant in respect of such course of instruction a certificate in the prescribed form that such course of instruction is an approved course for the purposes of this Part of this Act.

(2) Whenever the Minister is satisfied that a school (other than a school which is for the time being recognised by the Minister as a secondary school and other than a national school) affords efficient continuation education, the Minister may grant in respect of such school a certificate in the prescribed form that such school is an approved school for the purposes of this Part of this Act.

(3) Whenever the Minister is satisfied that a course of instruction or a school in respect of which he has granted a certificate under this section has ceased to be qualified to receive such certificate, the Minister may revoke such certificate, and thereupon such certificate shall be delivered up to the Minister.

(4) The Minister may make or cause to be made such reasonable inquiries and inspections as he shall think proper for the purpose of satisfying himself whether any particular course of instruction or school is or is not or does or does not continue to be qualified to receive a certificate under this section, and for the purpose of such inquiries and inspections an inspector may at all reasonable times enter any premises where a course of instruction in respect of which such certificate has been applied for or granted is held, or any school in respect of which such certificate has been applied for or granted, and inquire into and inspect any such course of instruction or school.