Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
sec.239Obligation to ensure participation
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sec.239 Obligation to ensure participation
Each parent of a young person in the compulsory participation phase must ensure the young person is participating full-time in an eligible option, unless the parent has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty— for a first offence—6 penalty units; or for a second or subsequent offence, whether or not relating to the same child of the parent—12 penalty units. Without limiting subsection (1) , it is a reasonable excuse for a parent (the relevant parent ) that— the young person lives with another parent and the relevant parent believes, on reasonable grounds, the other parent is ensuring the young person participates full-time in an eligible option; or in all the circumstances, the relevant parent is not reasonably able to control the young person’s behaviour to the extent necessary to ensure the young person participates full-time in an eligible option. s 239 amd 2006 No. 55 s 11 ; 2014 No. 3 s 114 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.239-ssec.1) Each parent of a young person in the compulsory participation phase must ensure the young person is participating full-time in an eligible option, unless the parent has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty— for a first offence—6 penalty units; or for a second or subsequent offence, whether or not relating to the same child of the parent—12 penalty units. (sec.239-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , it is a reasonable excuse for a parent (the relevant parent ) that— the young person lives with another parent and the relevant parent believes, on reasonable grounds, the other parent is ensuring the young person participates full-time in an eligible option; or in all the circumstances, the relevant parent is not reasonably able to control the young person’s behaviour to the extent necessary to ensure the young person participates full-time in an eligible option.
- (a) for a first offence—6 penalty units; or
- (b) for a second or subsequent offence, whether or not relating to the same child of the parent—12 penalty units.
- (a) the young person lives with another parent and the relevant parent believes, on reasonable grounds, the other parent is ensuring the young person participates full-time in an eligible option; or
- (b) in all the circumstances, the relevant parent is not reasonably able to control the young person’s behaviour to the extent necessary to ensure the young person participates full-time in an eligible option.