Education Act Amendment Act 1966 (WA)

No. 37.] Education. [1966.

EDUCATION.

No. 37 of 1966.

AN ACT to amend the Education Act, 1928-1965.

[Assented to 31st October, 1966.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 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

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Education

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Acts.	(2)	In this Act the Education Act, 1928-1965, is
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Approved	referred to as the principal Act.
22nd Novem-
ber, 1962 and

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

Acts Nos.

be cited as the Education Act, 1928-1966.

26 of 1964 and

17 and 61

of 1965.

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2. Section thirteen of the principal Act is amended.

amended by repealing subsection (4) and re-

enacting it with amendments as follows

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub- section (1) of this section, the Minister may exempt a child who has attained the age of fourteen years from further attendance at school

(a)	if the child 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, and the Minister is of opinion that 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; or
(b)	if the child has successfully completed three years of secondary education in Western Australia or a course of educa- tion that the Minister considers is of an equivalent or higher standard, and satisfies the Minister that he desires to leave school in order to undertake full-time education in a vocational course other than at a Government school or an efficient school,

but the exemption in respect of paragraph (b) of this subsection shall apply only while the child continues to rec2ive such full-tune education in a vocational course as is referred to in that paragraph. .

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3. Section twenty-one of the principal Act is amended.

amended

(a) by substituting for the word, "The", being the first word in line one, the passage, "(1) Subject to the remaining provisions of this section, the"; and

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(b) by adding the following subsections

(2) The Minister may, by notice

published in the Gazette, declare

(a)	that any child ordinarily resi- dent within the area described in the notice may be refused admission to any Government school other than that specified in the notice;
(b)	that any child whose last attendance at school prior to commencing his secondary edu- cation was at a Government primary school specified in the notice and who has not since that attendance changed his place of residence may be refused admission to any Government secondary school other than that specified in the notice,

and subject to subsection (4) of this section a notice so published has effect for the purposes of this Act according to its tenor.

(3) Where a child who wishes to attend a Government secondary school

(a)	did not attend a Government school during the year in which he completed his primary educa- tion; or
(b)	has since his last attendance at school prior to his commencing his secondary education changed his place of residence,

the Minister may refuse admission of that child to any Government secondary school other than that determined by the Minister.

(4) A notice published pursuant to subsection (2) of this section may be cancelled or from time to time varied by a subsequent notice published in the Government Gazette, and any such

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subsequent notice, other than a notice of cancellation, shall have and take effect on and after the first day of January next following the date of its publication.

(5) In this section "primary school" and "secondary school" have the re- spective meanings that are for the time being prescribed. .

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4. The principal Act is amended by adding after added.

section twenty-one A, the following section-

Power to

21B. (1) For the purposes of this Act every member of the Police Force, by virtue of his	members ofPolice Force
to prosecute.
office and without appointment or authority other than this subsection, is appointed and authorised by this subsection to make com- plaints and conduct prosecutions of offences alleged against any of the provisions of this Part whenever requested by the Director- General to do so.
(2) In any proceedings for any offence against any of the provisions of this Part, no proof is required that a complaint made or a prosecution conducted by a member of the Police Force was made or is conducted, as the case requires, by that member at the request of the Director-General. .
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5.

Section twenty-three of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word, "pupils" in line eight, the passage, "and by providing facilities and amenities for the school or group, including build- ings, swimming pools and any type of recreational or educational facilities and amenities," .	amended.
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6. Section twenty-eight of the principal Act is amended.

amended by substituting for the word, "five" in the

last line of subsection (2a), the word, "three".

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Section thirty-seven of the principal Act is

amended by adding after subsection (8), the follow-

ing subsection

amended. 7.

(8a) The appointments of the nominee member and the elected member to hold office for a term of three years that commenced on the seventeenth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-four, are subject to the provisions of this Act and notwithstanding subsection (8) of this section extended until and including the sixth day of May, nineteen hundred and sixty- seven, and no longer. .

S. 37AE 8.

Section thirty-seven AE of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word, "any" in line five of paragraph (f) of subsection (3), the words, "determination of the Minister pursuant to this Act in respect of salaries or of any".

amended.

S. 37AH

amended. 9.

Section thirty-seven AH of the principal Act is amended by adding after the word, "appellant" in line five of subsection (7), the passage, "or the respondent or both of them, as the case requires,".

Principal Act

amended to 10. The principal Act is amended by substituting

accord with	for every reference therein to an amount of money,
Decimal
Currency	a reference to the corresponding amount of money
Act, 1965.
expressed in terms of decimal currency calculated on the basis of the equivalents specified in subsection (4) of section eight of the Currency Act 1965 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.