Education Act Amendment Act 1964 (WA)

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EDUCATION.

13° Elizabeth II. No. XXVI.

No. 26 of 1964.

AN ACT to amend the Education Act, 1928-1962-

[Assented to 4th November, 1964.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Education

and citation.	Act Amendment Act, 1964.
Reprinted in

Vol. 16 of the (2) In this Act the Education Act, 1928-1962, is

Reprinted referred to as the principal Act.

Acts.

Approved (3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may

for reprint,	22nd;gem- be cited as the Education Act, 1928-1964.
her, 1962.

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2.    Section three of the principal Act is amended Waded,

by substituting for the passage commencing with the word, "or" in line four of the interpretation, "leaving age" down to the end of that interpretation, the passage, "but on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, shall mean the age applicable in respect of the child under the provisions of section thirteen A of this Act".

3.    Section three A of the principal Act is repealed. ,Weit,

4.    Section nine A of the principal Act is amended "Sot

by substituting for paragraph (a) the following

paragraph

(a) subsidising efficient schools for the purpose of enabling those schools to purchase any equipment, instruments, appliances and things, of the kind or class in respect of which when purchased for a Government school the Minister pays portion of the purchase price (but not including any assistance in the construction of buildings or the effecting of improvements to school grounds), to an amount in each case equivalent to but not exceeding the amount that would be paid by the Minister if that purchase were for a Government school; and .

5.    Section thirteen of the principal Act is amended 6eu.

by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the

following subsection

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub- section (1) of this section, where a child

(a)	having attained the age of fourteen years and not being a child to whom section thirteen A of this Act applies; or
(b)	having attained the age of fifteen years and being a child to whom that section applies,

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satisfies the Minister that he is assured of employment and that it is necessary for him to leave school in order to engage in that employment, the Minister may, if in his opinion the employment is suitable for the child and the best interests of the child would be served by his leaving school to engage in that employment, exempt the child from further attendance at school. .

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added.	6. The principal Act is amended by adding after section thirteen, the following section-
Leaving age

after let	13A. On and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, the leaving age applicable in respect of any child shall be the age of the child at the end of the year in which he attains the age of fifteen years; but this section shall not apply to any child who attains that age during the year nineteen hundred and sixty-six unless the child attends school during that year. .
January,
1966.
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amended. 7. Section sixteen of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by substituting for the word s, "an inspector" in line seven of subsection (1), the words, "a superintendent of education"; and
(b)	by inserting after the passage, "officer," in line two of subsection (2), the words, "a superintendent of education".

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amended.	8. Section seventeen A of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "an inspector" in line two of subsection (2), the words, "a superintendent of education".
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amended.	9. Section eighteen of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "an inspector" in line five of subsection (1), the words,
"a superintendent of education".

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10. Section twenty of the principal Act is amended T22 amcnded.

by substituting for the words, "an inspector" in line seven of paragraph (b) of subsection (12), the words, "a superintendent of education".

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Section twenty-six of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "the Government school or the group of Government schools in relation to which the association is formed" in lines four, five and six of subsection (1), the words, "any Government school".	amended.
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12. Section twenty-eight of the principal Act is amended	amended.

11.

(a)	by adding after the word, "teachers", being the last word in paragraph (a) of subsec- tion (2), the passage, "and other officers and the allowances payable to students enrolled in teachers' colleges"; and
(b)	by inserting after the word, "teachers" in line two of subsection (2a) the passage, "and other officers and the allowances payable to students,".

13. Section thirty of the principal Act is amended.

amended by substituting for the words, "an inspector" in line one of subsection (2), the words, "a superintendent of education".

14.    Section thirty-seven AF of the principal Act tUnded.

is amended by substituting for paragraph (b) of

subsection (3), the following paragraph

(b) For the purposes of this subsection

"efficiency" has the same meaning as it

has in Part XIV of the regulations;

"seniority" means, as between teachers,

seniority by longer period of full time

service as a teacher in the Education

Department; but where the whole of

that service of a teacher has not been

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continuous, his service for the purpose of determining his seniority shall be calculated only as from the day on which he was last appointed as a teacher in that Department and from which his service has been continuous;

``service" includes-

(i) service as a monitor;

(ii)  service as a student in a teacher's college;

(iii)    service as a science teacher exhibitioner at the University of Western Australia;

(iv)    service in a temporary capacity as a teacher in the Education Department, if that service immediately precedes and is continuous with the service of that teacher on and after his appointment to the permanent staff of the Department; and

(v)    service as a teacher employed under the control of the Director of Technical Educa- tion in his capacity as Regional Director of Industrial Train- ing for Commonwealth Training Schemes, if that service immediately precedes and is continuous with the service of that teacher as a teacher in t h e Education Department following his appointment thereto. .