Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

EDUCATION ACT 1937 (REPEALED) - SECT 36A

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, trespass on school premises.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse—

        (a)     behave in an offensive or disorderly way on school premises; or

        (b)     fail to leave school premises when directed to do so by a police officer or an authorised person.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     In this section:

"authorised person", for a school, means—

        (a)     the person (however described) responsible for the conduct of the school (the principal ); or

        (b)     a person authorised by the principal to give directions mentioned in subsection (2).

"school" means a primary school, high school or secondary college—

        (a)     conducted on behalf of the Territory; or

        (b)     registered or provisionally registered under this Act.

"school premises" means land (including any building or structure on the land) occupied by a school.