School Attendance Act, 1926

The enforcing authority.

8.—(1) The enforcing authority for the purposes of this Act shall be—

(a) in every school attendance area situate in a county borough or urban district mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, the school attendance committee appointed under this Act for that area; and

(b) in every school attendance area not situate in any of the said county boroughs or urban districts, the officer of the Gárda Síochána for the time being holding the rank and occupying the station prescribed in that behalf by the order constituting or defining the area.

(2) It shall be the duty of every enforcing authority to keep the prescribed registers and records for the purposes of this Act, and to permit such registers and records to be inspected at all reasonable times by officers of the Minister duly authorised in that behalf by the Minister.