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EDUCATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009 CLAUSE NOTES PART 1 PRELIMINARY Clause 1 Short title Education Amendment Bill 2009 The Act may be cited as the Education Amendment Act 2009 Clause 2 Commencement On proclamation Clause 3 Principal Act The Education Act 1994 is referred to as the Principal Act Clause 4 Section 46 amended (Education before compulsory education) Provides for the Secretary to allow children under the age of four years to be enrolled at a government school. This amendment clarifies the meaning of the Act and will enable long standing custom and practice in the best in interests of the child to continue. Clause 5 Repeal of Act Provides for this Act to be repealed after 90 days by which time the Principal Act will have been amended.