South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations60—Prescribed reasons for non-attendance and non-participation
(1) For the purposes
of section 76(2)(c) of the Act, the following are prescribed reasons for the
non-attendance of a child at school:
(a) the
child was prevented from attending school on the occasion in question by his
or her sickness, or by his or her temporary or permanent infirmity;
(b)
there was a danger of the child being affected by an infectious or contagious
disease;
(c) the
child was prevented from attending school on the occasion in question by some
other unavoidable and sufficient cause.
(2) For the purposes
of section 76(2a)(b) of the Act, the following are prescribed reasons for the
non-participation of a child in an approved learning program:
(a) the
child was prevented from participating in the approved learning program on the
occasion in question by his or her sickness, or by his or her temporary or
permanent infirmity;
(b)
there was a danger of the child being affected by an infectious or contagious
disease;
(c) the
child was prevented from participating in the approved learning program on the
occasion in question by reason of having to care for a member of his or her
family;
(d) the
child was prevented from participating in the approved learning program on the
occasion in question by some other unavoidable and sufficient cause.
(3) The Minister may
require the production of a medical certificate to an officer nominated by him
or her where the reason given for a child's non-attendance at school, or
non-participation in an approved learning program, is the sickness or
infirmity of the child.
(4) In this
regulation—
"school" means a Government school or a non-Government school.