(1) A child attends a State school or non-State
school only if the child complies with the school’s requirements about
physically attending, at particular times, its premises or another place.
(2)
However, despite subsection (1) —
(a) a child enrolled in a program of
distance education is taken to attend the school of distance education
offering the program by completing and returning the assigned work for the
program; and
(b) a child enrolled in an external program is taken to attend
the State school or non-State school offering the program by complying with
its requirements about communicating with or contacting the school for the
purpose of participating in the program.
