Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

This section applies if:

a schooling requirement person’s child is enrolled at a school in a State or Territory; and

a person responsible for the operation of the school gives the Secretary written notice that:

the child is failing to attend school, as required by the law of that State or Territory, to the satisfaction of the person responsible; and

the schooling requirement person is failing to take reasonable steps to ensure that the child attends school, as required by the law of that State or Territory, to the satisfaction of the person responsible.

The Secretary may give a notice (an attendance notice) to the schooling requirement person, requiring the person to take reasonable steps, as determined in accordance with the schooling requirement determination (if any), to ensure that the child attends school as required by the law of that State or Territory.

The attendance notice must give details of:

how to comply with the notice; and

the initial period for compliance with the notice, and the Secretary’s power to extend that period (under subsections (4) and (5)); and

the consequences under this Division of not complying with the notice.

The attendance notice must state an initial period for compliance with the notice of at least 28 days after the notice is given.

The Secretary may extend the initial period for compliance stated in the attendance notice before or after the end of the stated period.