9CMeaning of completes year 12

9C Meaning of completes year 12 (1) For this Act, a child completes year 12 if the child is awarded or has completed the requirements for being awarded— (a) a year 12 certificate (however described) by the Board of Senior Secondary Studies under the Board of Senior Secondary Studies Act 1997; or (b) a certificate equivalent to a year 12 certificate that shows completion of a higher education pre-entry course; or 1 the Certificate of General Education for Adults (at Certificate II or above) 2 the International Baccalaureate (c) a certificate equivalent to a year 12 certificate issued under the AQF; or the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) Certificate II (d) a certificate (however described) approved by the director-general. (2) An approval is a notifiable instrument. (3) Also, for this Act, a child completes year 12 if— (a) the child is awarded or has completed the requirements for being awarded a year 12 certificate (however described) in a State or another Territory under a law of the State or Territory; or (b) the director-general is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the child has completed year 12 or its equivalent in the ACT, a State, another Territory or a foreign country.

(4) A child mentioned in subsection (3) (b) may be given a certificate or record by the director-general. AQF means the Australian Qualifications Framework under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth), section 3.