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Education Act 1996

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8 Compulsory school age.

(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to determine for the purposes of any enactment whether a person is of compulsory school age. (2) A person begins to be of compulsory school age— (a) when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and (b) otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age. (3) A person ceases to be of compulsory school age at the end of the day which is the school leaving date for any calendar year— (a) if he attains the age of 16 after that day but before the beginning of the school year next following, (b) if he attains that age on that day, or (c) (unless paragraph (a) applies) if that day is the school leaving date next following his attaining that age. (4) The Secretary of State may by order— (a) provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2); (b) determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year.

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8 Compulsory school age.

(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to determine for the purposes of any enactment whether a person is of compulsory school age. (2) A person begins to be of compulsory school age— (a) when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and (b) otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age. (3) A person ceases to be of compulsory school age at the end of the day which is the school leaving date for any calendar year— (a) if he attains the age of 16 after that day but before the beginning of the school year next following, (b) if he attains that age on that day, or (c) (unless paragraph (a) applies) if that day is the school leaving date next following his attaining that age. (4) The Secretary of State may by order— (a) provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2); (b) determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year.

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