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“permit to teach” means a permit issued under subsection (1) of section 50 or under either of the repealed Ordinances for the employment as a teacher in a school of a person who is not a

“post secondary education” means education which is beyond the stage of secondary education;

“primary education” means education which is suitable for normal pupils who have attained the age of five years but not the age of twelve years;

“principal” means a teacher who is approved as the principal of a school under subsection (2) of section 53 or subsection (2) of section 57 or under either of the repealed Ordinances;

“provisionally registered” means provisionally registered under section 15;

“pupils’ association” means an association the affairs of which are conducted wholly or partly in any school premises and which consists wholly or mainly of persons under the age of twenty-one years who are undergoing primary or secondary education in any school or schools;

“registered”, in relation to a school, means registered under section 13 or under either of the repealed Ordinances;

“registered manager” means a person who is registered as a manager of a school under subsection (1) of section 29 or under either of the repealed Ordinances;

“registered name” means the name in which a school is registered or provisionally registered;

“registered teacher” means a person who is registered as a teacher under subsection (1) of section 45 or under either of the repealed Ordinances;

“repealed Ordinances” means—
 * (a) the Education Ordinance; and
 * (b) the Education Ordinance 1913;

“school” means an institution, organization or establishment which provides for twenty or more persons during any one day, whether or not at the same time, any kindergarten, primary, secondary or post secondary education or any other educational course by any means, including correspondence delivered by hand or through the postal services;