SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 6

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 6

6 .         Term used: compulsory education period

        (1)         The compulsory education period for a child is as follows —

            (a)         until 31 December 2012 —

                  (i)         from the beginning of the year in which the child reaches the age of 6 years and 6 months; and

                  (ii)         until the end of the year in which the child reaches the age of 17;

            (b)         from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2013 —

                  (i)         from the beginning of the year in which the child reaches the age of 5 years and 6 months; and

                  (ii)         until the end of the year in which the child reaches the age of 17;

            (c)         from 1 January 2014 —

                  (i)         from the beginning of the year in which the child reaches the age of 5 years and 6 months; and

                  (ii)         until —

                        (I)         the end of the year in which the child reaches the age of 17 years and 6 months; or

        (II)         the child reaches the age of 18,

                whichever happens first.

        (2)         If a child satisfies the minimum requirements for graduation from secondary school established under the School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997 before the end of the compulsory education period under subsection (1), this Act applies in respect of the child as if the compulsory education period for the child ended when the requirements were satisfied.

        [Section 6 inserted: No. 46 of 2012 s. 5.]

[ 7.         Deleted: No. 22 of 2005 s. 6.]