Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(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—
(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.
Note—
To help parents comply with this obligation, the QSA Act, section 21V gives parents access to information held by the QSA about a young person's participation in eligible options.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), it is a reasonable excuse for a parent (the relevant parent) that—
(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.