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SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the School Education Act 1999 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

School Education Act 1999

36 of 1999

2 Nov 1999

Act other than s. 182(3) and 208: 1 Jan 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7904)

State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 62

43 of 2000

2 Nov 2000

17 Feb 2001 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 16 Feb 2001 p.  903)

Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 s. 27

20 of 2002

8 Jul 2002

15 Sep 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Sep 2002 p. 4487)

Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 94

50 of 2003

9 Jul 2003

15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)

Labour Relations Reform (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 r. 21 published in Gazette 15 Aug 2003 p. 3685-92

15 Sep 2003 (see r. 2)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 107

74 of 2003

15 Dec 2003

15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)

Reprint 1: The School Education Act 1999 as at 3 Sep 2004 (includes amendments listed above)

Children and Community Services Act 2004 s. 251

34 of 2004

20 Oct 2004

1 Mar 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Feb 2006 p. 695)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 Pt. 2 5, 6

22 of 2005

18 Nov 2005

Pt. 2 Div. 1 and 2: 18 Nov 2005 (see s. 2(1));
Pt. 2 Div. 4: 1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2(3))
Pt. 2 Div. 3: 1 Jan 2008 (see s. 2(2))

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4, 5(1), 6 and 17 7

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

Reprint 2: The School Education Act 1999 as at 16 Mar 2007 (includes amendments listed above (except those in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 Pt. 2 Div. 3))

Training Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2008 s. 61

44 of 2008

10 Dec 2008

10 Jun 2009 (see s. 2(2))

Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89 and 110

39 of 2010

1 Oct 2010

s. 89: 1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)
s. 110: 28 Mar 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)

Curriculum Council Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 3 Div. 4

37 of 2011

13 Sep 2011

1 Mar 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Feb 2012 p. 841)

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

School Education Act 1999 s. 182(3) and 208 4

36 of 1999

2 Nov 1999

To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

Health, Safety and Civil Liability (Children in Schools and Child Care Services) Act 2011 Pt. 3 9

1 of 2011

1 Mar 2011

To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

2 The provisions in this Act amending the other Acts have been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).

3 Repealed by the Children and Community Services Act 2004.

4 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the School Education Act 1999 s. 182(3) and 208 had not come into operation. They read as follows:

182. Minister may allocate moneys

....................

(3) In the case of moneys appropriated for distribution according to the number of students at a school, account may only be taken of students who are in their pre-compulsory, compulsory or post-compulsory education periods and are —

(a) entitled to reside permanently in Australia; or

(b) members of a class of students prescribed by the regulations.

208. Management and control of community kindergarten premises

Regulations made under section 119(2)(a), (b), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) have effect as if the references in those paragraphs —

(a) to school premises included community kindergarten premises; and

(b) to school officials included teaching staff and other persons appointed under section 236(2) who are employed at a community kindergarten.

”.

5 The Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 s. 4(2) reads as follows:


(2) When the meaning of “compulsory education period” changes by operation of section 6(b) of the School Education Act 1999 (inserted by subsection (1)), the change extends to the compulsory education period for a child which, but for the change, would have ended on 31 December 2005.

”.

6 The Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 s. 21 reads as follows:


21. Transitional provision for the giving of notices

(1) In this section —

child means a child who will be in year 11 or year 12 during the year 2006;

principal Act means the School Education Act 1999;

year 11 and year 12 have the meanings given to those terms by section 4 of the principal Act.

(2) If before 1 January 2006 a child —

(a) has been enrolled in a course or a combination of courses; or

(b) becomes an apprentice or trainee,

as mentioned in section 11B(1) of the principal Act (inserted by section 20), notice under section 11D(1) of the principal Act (as so inserted) must be given no later than 1 February 2006.

”.

7 The Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 (now known as the Financial Management (Transitional Provisions) Act 2006) Sch. 2 deals with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

8 Footnote no longer applicable.

9 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Health, Safety and Civil Liability (Children in Schools and Child Care Services) Act 2011 Pt. 3 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


Part 3 — School Education Act 1999 amended

7. Act amended

This Part amends the School Education Act 1999.

8. Section 17 amended

In section 17(1)(b) delete “16(1)(b) or (c)” and insert:


16(1)(b), (c) or (g)


9. Section 244 amended

In section 244(2):

(a) after paragraph (a) insert:


(ba) make provision for requirements as to the health and safety of children enrolled at a school or a community kindergarten registered under Part 5; and


(b) after paragraph (a) insert:


and







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