Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act, 1893

Age for exemption from school attendance.

33 & 34 Vict. c. 75.

1. The age at which a child may, in pursuance of any byelaw made under the Elementary Education Acts, 1870 to 1891, obtain total or partial exemption from the obligation to attend school, on obtaining a certificate as to the standard of examination which he has reached shall be raised to [1 twelve], and every such byelaw, so far as it provides for such exemption, shall be construed and have effect as if a reference to [1 twelve] years of age were substituted therein for a reference to a lower age, and in section seventy-four of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, [1 twelve] shall be substituted for ten.

[1 “Twelve” substituted for “eleven” by 62 & 63 Vict. c. 13. s. 1; see that Act.]

[1 “Twelve” substituted for “eleven” by 62 & 63 Vict. c. 13. s. 1; see that Act.]

[1 “Twelve” substituted for “eleven” by 62 & 63 Vict. c. 13. s. 1; see that Act.]