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Education and Training Reform Amendment (School Age) Act 2009

No. 62 of 2009

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Principal Act

4Definitions

5Attendance at school

6What is a reasonable excuse?

7Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

Education and Training Reform Amendment (School Age) Act 2009

No. 62 of 2009

[Assented to 17 November 2009]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 in relation to the compulsory school age.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on 1 January 2010.

3Principal Act

In this Act, the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 is called the Principal Act.

4Definitions

(1)In section 1.1.3 of the Principal Act, in the definition of compulsory school age, for "16 years" substitute "17 years".

(2)In section 1.1.3 of the Principal Act, in the definition of post-compulsory education, for "16 years" substitute "17 years".

5Attendance at school

In section 2.1.1 of the Principal Act, for "16 years" substitute "17 years".

6What is a reasonable excuse?

For section 2.1.3(c) of the Principal Act substitute—

"(c)the child is participating in education or training, or employment, or both, in accordance with an Order made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph;".

7Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on 1 January 2011.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Endnotes

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 2 September 2009

Legislative Council: 17 September 2009

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 in relation to the compulsory school age and for other purposes."