Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act 1995 (NSW)
New South Wales
Education Reform Amendment
(School Discipline) Act 1995 No 93
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1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Amendment of Education Reform Act 1990 No 8 2 Schedule 1 Amendments 3
New South Wales
| Education Reform Amen |
(School Discipline) Act 1995 No 93
Act N o 93, 1995
An Act to amend the Education Reform Act 1990 relating to the discipline of students in New South Wales schools. [Assented to 21 December 1995]
| Section 1 | Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act 1995 No 93 |
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Education Reform Amendment (School
Discipline) Act 1995.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day occurring 12 months after the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Education Reform Act 1990 No 8
The Education Reform Act 1990 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.
Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act 1995 No 93
Amendments Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[ 1 ] Section 3 Definitions
Insert in section 3 (1) in alphabetical order:
corporal punishment of a student means the application of physical force in order to punish or correct the student, but does not include the application of force only to prevent personal injury to, or damage to or the destruction of property of, any person (including the student).
[2] Section 35 Discipline in government schools
Insert after section 35 (2):
(2A) The guidelines and codes must not permit corporal
punishment of students attending government schools.
(2B) The guidelines and codes may permit other reasonable forms of punishment or correction of those students, including requiring students to perform any reasonable work or service for the school. [3] Section 47 Registration requirements for schools
Insert after section 47 (e):
(f) official school policies relating to student discipline that do not permit corporal punishment of students attending the school. [4] Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Omit “the enactment of this Act.” from clause 2 (1).
Insert instead:the enactment of the following Acts:
Education Reform Act 1990Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act
Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act 1995 No 93
| Schedule 1 | Amendments |
[5] Schedule 3 , clause 2 (2)
Omit “this Act”. Insert instead “the Act concerned”.
Schedule 3, Part 3
Insert after Part 2:
Part 3 Provisions consequent on enactment of
Education Reform Amendment (School
Discipline) Act 1995
8 Application of amended registration requirements
The amendment made to section 47 of this Act by the Education Reform Amendment (School Discipline) Act 1995 extends to any school registered before the commencement of that amendment.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in-
Legislative Assembly on 5 December 1995
Legislative Council on 13 December 1995]
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