Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Education and Training Reform Act 2006 - SECT 2.1.10.

Powers of school attendance officers

2.1.10. Powers of school attendance officers



(1) If a school attendance officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a
child who is apparently of compulsory school age does not attend a registered
school during school hours on a school day, the school attendance officer may
stop the child in the street or a public place and ask the child for his or
her name and address.

(2) A school attendance officer may during hours when a school is open inspect
the attendance register of the school that is required to be kept under
Part 4.3.