REPUBLIC OF NAURU

EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
No. 11 of 2015

An Act to amend the Education Act 2011
Certified: 12 May 2015 

Table of Contents

1 SHORT TITLE 
2 COMMENCEMENT 
3 ACT AMENDED 
SCHEDULE - AMENDMENT OF EDUCATION ACT 2011 
[1] AMENDMENT OF SECTION 109 

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Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows: 

1 Short title 

This Act may be cited as the Education (Amendment) Act 2015. 

2 Commencement 

This Act commences upon certification by the Speaker. 

3 Act Amended 

The Schedule amends the Education Act 2011. 

SCHEDULE - AMENDMENT OF EDUCATION ACT 2011 

[1] Amendment of section 109 

1.1 Amend subsection (2)

Omit

Penalty: $100'

Substitute

Penalty: $10,000 fine or imprisonment for 1 year or both

1.2 Amend subsection (3)

Omit

Penalty: $200'

Substitute

Penalty: $20,000 fine or imprisonment for 2 years of both

1.3 Amend subsection (4)

Omit

Penalty: $200.

Substitute

Penalty: $20,000 fine or imprisonment for 2 years or both

New clause will now read:

109 Offences on school premises 

(1) In this section:

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

(2) A person must not trespass on school premises.

Penalty: $10,000 fine or imprisonment for 1 year or both.

(3) A person who is not a student of the school commits an offence if the person behaves in an offensive or disorderly way on school premises.

Penalty: $20,000 fine or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

(4) A person commits an offence if the person:

(a) is on school premises; and

(b) is directed to leave the premises by a police officer, the principal of a school or a person authorised by the principal; and

(c) fails to leave the premises in accordance with the direction.

Penalty: $20,000 fine or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

(5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.