Education Act 1944

PART II ENACTMENTS AMENDED FROM DATE ON WHICH SECTION FORTY-FOUR OF THIS ACT COMES INTO OPERATION.

Enactment to be amended.	Amendment.
The Unemployment Insurance Act; 1935.
Section seventy-eight	For the word " Minister " (wherever that word occurs) there shall be substituted the words " Minister of Education " ; in subsection (2), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph :— “(a) in England or Wales he shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding one pound, in the case of a second offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and in the case of a third or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding ten pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and such imprisonment so, however, that no proceedings for such an offence shall be taken except by or on behalf of the Minister of Education”; for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection :— “(4) The regulations made by the Minister of Education under this section shall make provision as to the functions to be performed by local education authorities .with respect to persons required under this section to attend at authorised courses, and, in particular, shall direct such authorities to make in any college attendance notice served on any such person such modifications as may be provided by the regulations, and shall make provision as to the circumstances in which and the extent to which attendances in pursuance of requirements under this section may be reckoned as attendances in pursuance of the requirements of college attendance notices.”
Section eighty-one	In subsection (1), in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words " that age" there shall be substituted the words " the age of eighteen years ".
Section eighty-seven	In subsection (1), after the words " this Act," where those words first occur, there shall be inserted the words " other than an offence under section seventy-eight of this Act " ; in subsection (3), for the words " an offence under this Act" there shall be substituted the words " any such offence as aforesaid ".
Section one hundred and four.	In subsection (1) after the word "Act," where that word first occurs, there shall be inserted the words " except under section seventy-eight thereof ".
Section one hundred and thirteen.	In subsection (1) for the definition of "Authorised course " there shall be substituted the following definition :— “Authorised course means a county college established under the enactments relating to education or a training course provided under section seventy-seven of this Act and includes, in relation to insured contributors who have attained the age of eighteen years, any training course provided by the Assistance Board under the Unemployment Act, 1934.”