South Australian Repealed Acts South Australian Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
80A—Powers of authorised officers
(1) If an authorised
officer observes a person in a public place who appears to the officer to be a
child of compulsory school age or a child of compulsory education age at a
time when such a child should normally be attending school or participating in
an approved learning program (as the case requires), the officer may require
the child to provide—
(a) his
or her name, address and age; and
(b) the
reason for his or her non-attendance at school or non-participation in an
approved learning program.
(2) If a child
referred to in subsection (1)
is in the charge or company of a person apparently over the age of
18 years, the authorised officer may require that person to provide the
authorised officer with the information referred to in that subsection.
(3) If it appears to
an authorised officer who is a member of the police force, after enquiring
into the child's reasons for not being at school or participating in an
approved learning program, that the child does not have a proper reason for
being absent from school or for not participating in an
approved learning program, the authorised officer may take the child into his
or her custody and return the child—
(a) to
someone in authority at the school or in relation to the approved
learning program in which the child is enrolled (as the case requires); or
(b) to a
parent or guardian of the child.
(4) An authorised
officer may at any time attend at residential premises and request any person
in the premises to provide the officer with—
(a) the
full names of all children of compulsory school age and children of compulsory
education age resident in the dwelling house; and
(b) the
respective ages of those children; and
(c) the
schools at which, or the approved learning program in which, (if any) the
children are enrolled in accordance with this Part.