AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Schools Authority (Amendment) Act 1997
No. 18 of 1997
	
An Act to amend the Schools Authority Act 1976
[Notified in ACT Gazette S136: 29 May 1997]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Schools Authority (Amendment) Act 1997.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which the Education (Amendment) Act 1997 commences.
Principal Act
3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Schools Authority Act 1976.1

Interpretation
4.  Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition:
“ ‘corporal punishment’ means physical force applied to punish or correct, and includes any action designed or likely to cause physical pain or discomfort  taken for such a purpose;”.
Functions of Authority
5.  Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2A)  The Authority shall ensure that any disciplinary policy implemented at a school precludes corporal punishment.”.
Functions of school boards
6.  Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) (e) the following paragraph:
	“(ea)	to ensure that any disciplinary policy implemented at the school precludes corporal punishment.”.

 NOTE
Principal Act
1.	Reprinted as at 30 April 1993.  See also Act No. 38, 1994; No. 26, 1996.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 4 December 1996]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997