Vocational Education Act, 1930

Obligation to attend for instruction.

63.—(1) Every parent of a young person resident in a district to which this Part of this Act applies shall, unless there is a reasonable excuse for not so doing, cause such young person to attend for instruction in accordance with this Part of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, any one of the following, and only one of the following, attendances by a young person shall be attendance for instruction in accordance with this Part of this Act, that is to say:—

(a) attendance at a compulsory course of instruction provided under this Part of this Act by the vocational education committee for the district in which the young person resides;

(b) attendance at a voluntary course of instruction provided under this Part of this Act by the vocational education committee for the district in which the young person resides;

(c) attendance at a course of instruction in respect of which a certificate that it is an approved course of instruction for the purposes of this Part of this Act has been granted by the Minister and has not been revoked;

(d) full-time attendance at a school which is for the time being recognised by the Minister as a secondary school;

(e) full-time attendance at a national school;

(f) full-time attendance at a school in respect of which a certificate that it is an approved school for the purposes of this Part of this Act has been granted by the Minister and has not been revoked.