Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A principal of a
school is not to remove from the register for the school the name of a child
of compulsory school age unless —
(a) the
principal believes on reasonable grounds that the child has enrolled in
another school in this State or elsewhere;
(b) the
principal believes on reasonable grounds that the child is no longer resident
in this State;
(c) an
exemption is granted under section 11 in respect of the child;
(d) a
parent of the child is registered under section 48 as the child’s
home educator;
(e) the
enrolment is cancelled under section 20 or 83; or
(f) the
Minister has authorised the removal on the ground that inquiries to establish
the whereabouts of the child have not been successful.
(2) In the case of
children enrolled at non-government schools, the Minister may by instrument
delegate the power of authorisation conferred by subsection (1)(f) to the
chief executive officer referred to in section 151.
(3) A person who
exercises a power of authorisation conferred by subsection (1)(f) in
relation to a particular child is to take reasonably practicable steps to
establish the child’s whereabouts in each year of the child’s
compulsory education period.