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TASMANIA
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EDUCATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 46 amended (Education before compulsory education)
5. Repeal of Act
[Bill 73]-VI
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EDUCATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009
(Brought in by the Minister for Education and Skills, the
Honourable David John Bartlett)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Education Act 1994
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Education
Amendment Act 2009.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Education Act 1994* is referred
to as the Principal Act.
*No. 86 of 1994
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Education Amendment Act 2009
Act No. of
s. 4
4. Section 46 amended (Education before compulsory
education)
Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following subsections
after subsection (1):
(1A) The Secretary may allow a child
who has not attained the age of 4
years, or a class of children who
have not attained the age of 4
years, to be enrolled at, and
attend, a State school if the
Secretary believes that it is in the
best interests of the child or
children.
(1B) For the avoidance of doubt,
where, before the commencement
of the Education Amendment Act
2009, any child was enrolled at,
and attended, a State school
before attaining the age of 4
years, that enrolment, and that
attendance, is taken to have been
valid.
(b) by omitting from subsection (2)
"subsection (1)" and substituting "this
section".
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Education Amendment Act 2009
Act No. of
s. 5
5. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which it commences.
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