14Certificate of exemption

14 Certificate of exemption

(1)  A certificate of exemption is a certificate that states that the school-aged child specified in it is exempt from the requirement to be enrolled at a school or be home educated on the conditions specified in, or attached to, it.

(2)  If the Minister under section 13 exempts a particular school-aged child from the requirement to enrol at a school or be home educated, the Minister is to issue a certificate of exemption to the parent of the child, or the child, who applied for the exemption, or to both the parent and the child if the Minister considers it appropriate.

(3)  If –

(a) the Minister under section 13 exempts a class of school-aged children from the requirement to enrol at a school or be home educated; and

(b) the parent of a school-aged child of that class, or such a child, applies to the Minister for a certificate of exemption –

the Minister is to issue a certificate of exemption to that parent or child or, if the Minister considers it appropriate, to both the parent and child.

(4)  An application under subsection (3)(b) is to be in writing and made in accordance with the Ministerial instructions.