Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

EDUCATION ACT 2004 (NO. 17 OF 2004) - SECT 147

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

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person behaves in an offensive or disorderly way on school premises.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     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 the school or a person authorised by the principal; and

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

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

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

    (5)     In this section:

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