Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act, 1893

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (SCHOOL ATTENDANCE) ACT 1893

CHAPTER LI.

An Act to amend the Elementary Education Acts with respect to the age for attendance at School.[22nd September 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.

Penalty for employment of children before exemption from school attendance.

39 & 40 Vict. c. 79.

2. If any person takes a child into his employment in such manner as to prevent the child from attending school in accordance with the byelaws for the time being in force in the district in which the child resides, he shall be deemed to take the child into his employment in contravention of the Elementary Education Act, 1876, and shall be liable to a penalty accordingly.

[Ss. 3, 4 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

Short title.

5. This Act may be cited as the Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act, 1893, and shall be read with the Elementary Education Acts, 1870 to 1891.

[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.]