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29 1930

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT, 1930

PART I.

Preliminary.

Short title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education Act, 1930.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Education;

the word “inspector” means a person authorised in writing (either generally or for a special purpose) by the Minister to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties conferred or imposed on an inspector by this Act;

the word “county” means an administrative county but does not include a county borough;

the expression “local authority” means and includes the council of a county, the council of a county borough, and the council of an urban district;

the expression “the Act of 1889” means the Technical Instruction Act, 1889;

the expression “the Act of 1891” means the Technical Instruction Act, 1891;

the expression “the Act of 1899” means the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899;

the expression “the Act of 1925” means the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925);

the expression “the Act of 1927” means the Local Government Act, 1927 (No. 3 of 1927);

the expression “local financial year” means a period of twelve months ending on any 31st day of March;

the expression “rateable value” means the annual rateable value under the Valuation Acts;

the expression “principal teacher” includes any deputy principal or other teacher for the time being acting as or for a principal teacher;

the word “sickness” includes any physical or mental malady or, injury;

the word “trade”includes any industry, trade, craft or business;

the expression “scheduled urban district” means an urban district mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act;

the expression “election year” means the year 1931 or any ensuing third successive year;

the expression “young person” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen years and has not attained the age of sixteen years;

the word “parent” in relation to a young person means the individual having the legal custody of such young person and, where owing to the absence of such individual or for any other reason such young person is not living with or is not in the actual custody of such individual, includes the individual with whom such young person is living or in whose actual custody such young person is;

the word “employment” in relation to a young person means employment and occupation in any labour exercised by way of trade or for the purpose of gain to such young person or to any other person;

the expression “offence under this Part of this Act” includes an offence under any section or sub-section contained in the Part of this Act in which such expression occurs;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act.

Continuation education.

3. —For the purposes of this Act the expression “continuation education” means education to continue and supplement education provided in elementary schools and includes general and practical training in preparation for employment in trades, manufactures, agriculture, commerce, and other industrial pursuits, and also general and practical training for improvement of young persons in the early stages of such employment.

Technical education.

4. —(1) For the purposes of this Act the expression “technical education” means education pertaining to trades, manufactures, commerce, and other industrial pursuits (including the occupations of girls and women connected with the household) and in subjects bearing thereon or relating thereto and includes education in science and art (including, in the county boroughs of Dublin and Cork, music) and also includes physical training.

(2) The Minister may from time to time by order declare that the expression “technical education” shall for the purposes of this Act include instruction in such subjects connected with such pursuits, employments and occupations (other than agriculture) as may be specified in such order and whenever any such order is made the meaning of the said expression shall for the purposes of this Act be extended in conformity with the provisions of such order.

(3) The Minister may from time to time, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, by order declare that the expression “technical education” shall for the purposes of this Act also include instruction in such subjects bearing on or relating to agriculture as may be specified in such order and whenever any such order is made the meaning of the said expression shall for the purposes of this Act be extended in conformity with the provisions of such order.

Date of attainment of any particular age.

5. —For the purposes of this Act a person shall be deemed to attain any particular age on whichever of the following days, that is to say, the 31st day of March, the 30th day of June, the 30th day of September or the 31st day of December first occurs after the anniversary of his birth on which he actually attains such age.