EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 239 Obligation to ensure participation
EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 239
Obligation to ensure participation239 Obligation to ensure participation
(1) Each parent of a young person in the compulsory participation phase must ensure the young person is participating full-time in an eligible option, unless the parent has a reasonable excuse.Penalty—Maximum penalty—(a) for a first offence—6 penalty units; or(b) for a second or subsequent offence, whether or not relating to the same child of the parent—12 penalty units.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , it is a reasonable excuse for a parent (the
"relevant parent" ) that—(a) the young person lives with another parent and the relevant parent believes, on reasonable grounds, the other parent is ensuring the young person participates full-time in an eligible option; or(b) in all the circumstances, the relevant parent is not reasonably able to control the young person’s behaviour to the extent necessary to ensure the young person participates full-time in an eligible option.