22Compulsory schooling—duty of parents

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—

(a) to be enrolled at, and to attend, a government school or a registered non-government school, or

(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.

(2) That duty is satisfied if the child receives instruction of a kind referred to in section 23 (2).

(3) Schooling required by this section is referred to in this Act as compulsory schooling.

s 22: Am 2009 No 25, Sch 1 [3]. Subst 2009 No 79, Sch 1 [4].