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Part 3 — Responsibilities and Dispute Resolution Division 1 Responsibilities

49 Order of Attendance Board

Current to 2025-12-11 · Official PDF

(1) On hearing a matter referred to it, the Attendance Board
may, subject to any terms or conditions that the Attendance Board
considers proper in the circumstances, make an order doing one or
more of the following:
(a) directing the student to attend school;
(b) directing a parent of the student to send the student to
school;
(c) subject to sections 11, 20 and 40, directing the student t o
take an education program set out in the order;
(d) reporting the matter to a child intervention worker under the
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act;
(e) imposing on a parent of the student a monetary penalty not
exceeding $100 per day to be paid to the Crown for each
day that the student does not attend school, up to a
maximum of $1000;
(f) giving any other direction not referred to in clauses (a) to (e)
that the Attendance Board considers appropriate in the
circumstances.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Attendance Board may at
any time during the proceedings
(a) make an interim order givin g any directions to the student, a
parent of the student, the board or the person responsible for
the operation of the independent school that the Attendance
Board considers appropriate in the circumstances,
(b) adjourn the proceedings bef ore it for a period set by the
Attendance Board, and
(c) reconvene the proceedings to hear further evidence, if the
Attendance Board considers it necessary to do so, consider
the interim order and make a final order under subsection
(1).
(3) A copy of an order of the Attendance Board made under
subsection (1) may be filed with the clerk of the Court of King's
Bench at the judicial centre closest to the place where the cause of
the proceedings before the Attendance Board arose.
(4) On the filing of a copy of an order with the clerk of the Court
of King's Bench pursuant to subsection (3), the order of the

Attendance Board has the same force and effect as if the order were
an order of that Court.
(5) A copy of the order as filed must be sent to the Minister and
any person to whom notice of the order is sent.
2012 cE-0.3 s49;2019 c7 s13;AR 217/2022;2025 c6 s13