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Education Act 1990
22Compulsory schooling—duty of parents
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#### 22 Compulsory schooling—duty of parents
22 Compulsory schooling—duty of parents
> > (1) It is the duty of the parent of a child of compulsory school-age to cause the child—
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> > > (a) to be enrolled at, and to attend, a government school or a registered non-government school, or
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> > > (b) to be registered for home schooling under Part 7 and to receive instruction in accordance with the conditions to which the registration is subject.
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> > (2) That duty is satisfied if the child receives instruction of a kind referred to in section 23 (2).
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> > (3) Schooling required by this section is referred to in this Act as compulsory schooling.
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> **s 22:** Am 2009 No 25, Sch 1 \[3\]. Subst 2009 No 79, Sch 1 \[4\].