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EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.1.21 Offences for failing to comply with school enrolment notice or school attendance notice

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.1.21

Offences for failing to comply with school enrolment notice or school attendance notice

    (1)     A person who has received a school enrolment notice must respond to the notice in accordance with section 2.1.19.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (2)     A person who has received a school attendance notice must respond to the notice in accordance with section 2.1.20.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (3)     A person who responds to a school enrolment notice but fails to provide a reasonable excuse as to why the child is not enrolled in a registered school or registered for home schooling in accordance with the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.

    (4)     A person who responds to a school attendance notice but fails to give a reasonable excuse for 5 or more of the dates specified in the notice is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.

    (5)     Nothing in this section makes the following people liable to a pecuniary penalty or to be prosecuted for an offence—

S. 2.1.21(5)(a) amended by No. 31/2018 s. 65(2).

        (a)     the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services carrying out parental responsibilities for a child under an order made under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ; or

S. 2.1.21(5)(b) amended by No. 31/2018 s. 65(2).

        (b)     a person carrying out parental responsibilities for a child on behalf of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

S. 2.1.22 inserted by No. 47/2013 s. 13.