SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 27

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 27

27 .         Non attendance of student may be required on public health grounds

        (1A)         In this section —

        Chief Health Officer has the meaning given in the Public Health Act 2016 section 4(1).

        (1B)         The principal of a school must comply with a direction given by the Chief Health Officer under regulations made for the purposes of the Public Health Act 2016 section 142(1)(d) to not permit a child to attend the school or participate in an educational programme of the school.

        (1)         The principal of a school may require that a student —

            (a)         not attend the school; or

            (b)         not participate in an educational programme of the school,

                during any day on which the student or any other student at the school is suffering from a medical condition to which this section applies.

        (2)         Subsection (1) applies to a medical condition that, on advice from the Chief Health Officer or a registered medical practitioner, the principal considers may be infectious, contagious or otherwise harmful to the health of persons who are at the school or participating in an educational programme of the school.

        [(3A)         deleted]

        (3)         A requirement under subsection (1) is to be in writing given —

            (a)         to a parent of the student; or

            (b)         in the case of a student who has turned 18 or who is a prescribed child, to the student; or

            (c)         to a person whose details have been provided under section 16(1)(b)(ii)(II).

        (4)         An adult who is notified of a requirement under subsection (1) is to ensure that it is complied with by the student.

        Penalty: a fine of $500.

        [Section 27 amended: No. 28 of 2014 s. 35; No. 19 of 2016 s. 188; No. 14 of 2019 s. 18.]