Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A parent of a
child of compulsory school age who wishes to be registered as the
child’s home educator is to apply to the chief executive officer and
provide the following information to the extent that he or she is asked to do
so —
(a) the
child’s date of birth;
(b) the
names and usual place of residence of —
(i)
the child; and
(ii)
the child’s parents;
(c) the
place at which the educational programme will primarily be delivered if
different from the child’s usual place of residence;
(d)
where applicable, the name of the school at which the child is enrolled or was
last enrolled; and
(e) any
other information prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The chief
executive officer may require documentary evidence to be provided in support
of any information supplied by the applicant.
(3) An application may
relate to more than one child.
(4) Subject to
subsection (5), an application is to be made by the last Friday in
February in the first year for which the parent wishes to be registered as the
child’s home educator.
(5) If a child is
enrolled in a school for a particular year and a parent of the child wishes to
be registered as the child’s home educator in that year, the application
is to be made within 14 days after the last day on which the child was
recorded as —
(a)
attending, or participating in an educational programme of, the school at
which the child was enrolled; or
(b)
otherwise complying with section 23.