Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 241

241 Notice to, and meeting with, parent

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer reasonably suspects a young person is in the compulsory participation phase and is not participating full-time in an eligible option.

(2) The officer may give a parent of the young person a notice in the approved form about the parent’s obligation under section 239 (1) .

(3) The officer may also meet with the parent to discuss the obligation.

(4) If, despite the officer taking reasonable steps to meet with the parent under subsection (3) , no meeting is held, the officer may give the parent a warning notice in the approved form.

(5) For the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 , an authorised officer acting under this section is a public official performing a function authorised by this Act.

(6) In this section—

"authorised officer" means the chief executive or an officer of the department authorised by the chief executive for this section.