27Certificate of exemption

27 Certificate of exemption

(1)  A certificate of exemption is a certificate that states that the youth specified in it is exempt from the requirement to participate in an approved learning program or be home educated on the conditions specified in, or attached to, it.

(2)  If the Minister under section 26 exempts a particular youth from the requirement to participate in an approved learning program or be home educated, the Minister is to issue a certificate of exemption to the parent of the youth, or the youth, who applied for the exemption or, if the Minister considers it appropriate, to both the parent and the youth.

(3)  If –

(a) the Minister under section 26 exempts a class of youths from the requirement to participate in an approved learning program or be home educated; and

(b) the parent of a youth of that class, or such a youth, applies to the Minister for a certificate of exemption –

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

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