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Ord. No. 52/71
EDUCATION

(b) while—
(i) his approval to be a manager;
(ii) his registration as a teacher; or
(iii) a permit to teach issued in respect of such person,
is suspended under subsection (3) of section 69.

(3) The Director may attach to any permission given under this section such conditions as he thinks fit.

PART VII.
Power of Director to Order Attendance at Primary School.

Interpretation of Part VII. 73. In this Part— “attendance order” means an order made under section 74;

“board” means the board of review established under section 75;

“child” means a child who has attained the age of six years but not the age of twelve years;

“parent” in relation to any child includes a guardian and the person having the actual custody of the child.

Power of Director to order attendance at primary school. 74. (1) Where it appears to the Director that a parent of a child is withholding the child from attending primary school with- out any reasonable excuse, the Director may, after making such inquiries as he considers necessary, serve upon a parent an attendance order in the prescribed form requiring him to cause the child to attend regularly as a pupil the primary school named in the attendance order.

(2) The Director may at any time, by notice in writing serve upon a parent of the child to whom an attendance order relates—

(a) vary the order by substituting another primary school for that named in the order;
(b) otherwise vary or withdraw the order,

and any variation of an attendance order shall take effect on the expiry of the period of fourteen days after the date of service of the notice in writing.

Board of review. 75. (1) For the purposes of this Part, there shall be a board of review, which shall consist of not less than five persons appointed by the Governor.