SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 121

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 121

121 .         Certain information not to be disseminated on school premises

        (1)         A person must not on the premises of a government school give to students, whether orally or in writing, information —

            (a)         to which this section applies; and

            (b)         which is not part of the educational programme of the school,

                if the purpose of doing so is to impress a particular viewpoint or message on the minds of the students.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

        (2)         This section applies to information that —

            (a)         is intended to generate support for a political party; or

            (b)         advertises any commercial goods, product or service, except as allowed under section 216(2)(d); or

            (c)         promotes a particular denomination or sect, except as allowed under section 69; or

            (d)         advocates the case of a party to an industrial dispute, including the chief executive officer.

        (3)         The principal of a government school —

            (a)         is to take all reasonable steps to ensure that subsection (1) is complied with; and

            (b)         may confiscate any written material that is on the school premises in contravention of that subsection.

        (4)         In this section —

        student means a student enrolled at a government school who is on school premises at a time when —

            (a)         the student is required to attend the school as part of an educational programme at the school; or

            (b)         the student is otherwise participating in an educational programme of the school; or

            (c)         the student is on school premises in preparation for, or subsequent to, being at the school for a reason referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

        [Section 121 amended: No. 28 of 2014 s. 35.]