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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.]