Cap. 605 Art. 22Applications for a school licence, a childcare centre and to provide home education.

(1) Any person shall have the right to apply to the

Division for the grant of a licence to establish and run a school, a childcare centre or to provide home education.

(2) The Division, acting upon the recommendation of the Department referred to in article 16, may grant the licence mentioned in sub-article (1) where the school, childcare centre and home education conforms with the prescribed conditions and the Division deems the grant of the licence to be in the public interest:

Provided that a licence shall be granted if the Government is bound to do so by an international agreement and the school conforms with the national minimum conditions:

Provided further that where an applicant for a licence is already licensed or otherwise legally established in a Member State, the Division, in compliance with Directive 2006/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December, 2006 on services in the internal market, shall not duplicate requirements or controls which are equivalent or essentially comparable as regards their purpose to which the applicant may already be subject to in another Member State.