New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 1990 - SECT 34A

34A Principals can require proof of eligibility to attend or entitlement to be enrolled at government schools

(1) The principal of a government school may, for the purpose of establishing a child’s eligibility to attend or entitlement to be enrolled at the school, require a person seeking to enrol the child at the school to provide proof, to the satisfaction of the principal, of the child’s identity, date of birth and home address.

(2) The requirement may include a requirement to produce any document or to provide a statutory declaration, or both.

(3) The child is not entitled to be enrolled at the school unless and until the requirement is complied with (unless the requirement cannot reasonably be complied with in the circumstances).

(4) The Director-General may terminate the enrolment of a child at a government school who is not entitled to be enrolled at the school if the child was enrolled as a result of false information or a false document provided to the principal.