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(1)In section 444 of EA 1996 (offence of failing to secure regular attendance at school of registered pupil), in subsection (1A), omit “without reasonable justification”.
(2)After that subsection insert—
“(1B)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1A) to prove that he had a reasonable justification for his failure to cause the child to attend regularly at the school.”
(3)In subsection (2) of that section, for “(3)” substitute “ (2A) ”.
(4)After that subsection insert—
“(2A)The child shall not be taken to have failed to attend regularly at the school by reason of his absence from the school at any time if the parent proves that at that time the child was prevented from attending by reason of sickness or any unavoidable cause.”
(5)In subsection (3) of that section—
(a)at the end of paragraph (a) insert “ or ”, and
(b)omit paragraph (b) and the “or” immediately following it.
(6)In subsection (6) of that section, for “the parent shall be acquitted if he proves” substitute “ it is a defence for the parent to prove ”.
(7)In subsection (7) of that section, for “at a time when he was not” substitute “ unless the parent proves that at that time the child was ”.
(8)After that subsection insert—
“(7A)Where—
(a)a child of compulsory school age has been excluded for a fixed period on disciplinary grounds from a school in England which is—
(i)a maintained school,
(ii)a pupil referral unit,
(iii)an Academy,
(iv)a city technology college, or
(v)a city college for the technology of the arts,
(b)he remains for the time being a registered pupil at the school,
(c)the appropriate authority make arrangements for the provision of full-time education for him at the school during the period of exclusion, and
(d)notice in writing of the arrangements has been given to the child's parent,
the exclusion does not affect the application of subsections (1) to (7) to the child's attendance at the school on any day to which the arrangements relate.
(7B)In subsection (7A)(c) “the appropriate authority” means—
(a)in relation to a maintained school, the governing body of the school,
(b)in relation to a pupil referral unit, the [F1local authority], and
(c)in relation to any school mentioned in subsection (7A)(a)(iii) to (v), the proprietor of the school.”
(9)In subsection (6) of section 444ZA of EA 1996 (application of section 444 to alternative educational provision), for “the parent shall be acquitted if he proves” substitute “ it is a defence for the parent to prove ”.
(10)In section 16 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), in subsection (4) for the words from “unless” to the end substitute “ unless the child or young person is prevented from attending by sickness or other unavoidable cause or the absence falls within subsection (3) (leave or day set apart for religious observance) of section 444 of the Education Act 1996 ”.
(11)The amendments made by this section, and the entry in Part 1 of Schedule 18 relating to section 444 of EA 1996, do not apply in relation to any failure to attend at a school, or other place in relation to which that section applies, which occurs before the commencement of the amendment in question.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pts. 1-7 substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 14(2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 109(8) in force at 1.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/1801, art. 4(i)
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