SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 43
SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 43
43 . Proceedings for s. 9 or 38 offence, parent may be required to bring child to court
(1) Where this section
applies an authorised person may give a notice to a parent of the child
requiring the parent —
(a) to
bring the child to the court at a time and place specified in the notice; and
(b) to
keep the child in attendance at the court until he or she is permitted to
leave by the court or an authorised person.
(1a) This section
applies in any proceedings —
(a) for
an offence against section 9(2) in respect of a child who has not complied
with section 11I; and
(b) for
an offence against section 38.
(2) A person to whom a
notice is given under subsection (1) must comply with the notice.
Penalty: a fine of $500.
(3) In subsection (1)
—
authorised person means —
(a) an
attendance officer; or
(b) a
person who —
(i)
comes within a class of employees referred to in
section 235(1)(a) or (c); or
(ii)
is employed in the department principally assisting the
Minister in the administration of Part 4,
and who is authorised
by the Minister for the purposes of this section.
(4) A certificate that
a person has been authorised for the purposes of this section purporting to
have been issued by the Minister is evidence in any proceedings that the
person concerned has been so authorised.
[Section 43 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 36 and
40(1); No. 28 of 2014 s. 35.]