Notice of Intention to Make Rules Under section 18aa of the Education Act 1989, I give notice of my intention to make rules in accordance with section 18aa (1) (a)(g) of this Act, and following consultation. These rules will include (without limitation): (a) setting out procedural requirements to be followed when a proposed stand-down, suspension, exclusion, or expulsion is to be considered or decided; (b) specifying who should be consulted about the circumstances of a stand-down, suspension, exclusion, or expulsion; (c) setting out the steps to be taken by the principal and board, respectively, when a student has been stood-down, suspended, excluded, or expelled; (d) specifying the notices to be given when a decision not to lift a suspension, or a decision to extend a suspension or expel a student, is made, and specifying the particulars to be set out in each notice; (e) specifying the time limits within which specified things are to be done, and the reports that are to be produced and the persons who are to produce them; (f) providing reasonable measures (which must not be inconsistent with the Privacy Act 1993) to protect the privacy of individuals; and (g) providing for such other matters as the Secretary considers desirable in the interests of natural justice. This notice takes effect the day after it is published in the New Zealand Gazette. Dated at Wellington this 11th day of March 1999. HOWARD FANCY, Secretary for Education.