Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated ActsThe chief executive may, on application by the parents of a child, issue a certificate exempting the child from school, if satisfied that—
(a) it is necessary or desirable, having regard to any educational, vocational training or employment opportunity offered to the child before the child is of school-leaving age, to exempt the child from school; or
(b) it is otherwise in the child's best interests, having regard to the care, health, development or education of the child, to exempt the child from school.