Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 11J

11J .         What constitutes participation

        (1)         A child is taken to be participating in a course for the purposes of this Subdivision if the child —

            (a)         is enrolled in the course with the relevant provider; and

            (b)         is complying with —

                  (i)         the provider’s requirements about physically attending, at particular times, the provider’s premises or another place for the purposes of each such course;

                  (ii)         in the case of a course of distance education, the provider’s requirements about completing and returning the assigned work for the course; or

                  (iii)         in the case of any other external course, the provider’s requirements about communicating with or contacting the provider for the purpose of participating in the course.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Subdivision, the fact of a child —

            (a)         being an apprentice; or

            (b)         being employed in accordance with an approval under section 11G,

                is taken to be participation in the option mentioned in section 11B(1)(c)(i) or (ii) or (d), as the case may be.

        (3)         Participation is taken to continue, for the purposes of this Subdivision, during any absence allowed under the requirements, terms and conditions of the course, apprenticeship or employment concerned.

        (4)         Participation in a course, apprenticeship or employment is taken to continue, for the purposes of this Subdivision, during any period —

            (a)         when a child is subject to suspension or exclusion; or

            (b)         after a child has been dismissed by an employer,

                but, where the child has been excluded or dismissed, this subsection only applies during the period reasonably required for the child to comply with section 9 or participate, as required by section 11C and regulations made for the purposes of that section, in another option or other options provided for by section 11B.

        (5)         The regulations may make provision, not inconsistent with this section, for acts, matters and circumstances —

            (a)         that are to be taken to constitute participation for the purposes of this Subdivision; or

            (b)         that are to be taken not to interrupt such participation.

        [Section 11J inserted by No. 22 of 2005 s. 20; amended by No. 44 of 2008 s. 61(8)-(10).]