Member

I also thank the Minister and the officials for the many meetings we have had to discuss the issues around, and complexity of, the child performers not in school register. The children not in school register seeks to safeguard children in elective home education, or children who are out of school in alternative education arrangements, by tracking who is providing education and where. As things stand, unfortunately, it will have the unintended consequence that child performers will be added to the register. When children are educated under the authority of a performance licence, they are considered flexi-schooled, with absence permission given by the school.