29Approval of learning program

29 Approval of learning program

(1)  In this section –

prescribed child has the same meaning as in section 25 .

(2)  [Section 29 Subsection (2) amended by No. 37 of 2017, s. 17, Applied:30 Aug 2017] If a school-aged child –

(a) is in Year 10 when notice of the child's proposed learning program is provided to the principal of his or her school under section 22 ; or

(b) is being home educated when notice of the child's proposed learning program is provided to the Secretary under section 85  –

and the child is issued with a transition statement, the proposed learning program set out in the notice is the approved learning plan for the child on becoming a youth.

(3)  [Section 29 Subsection (3) amended by No. 37 of 2017, s. 17, Applied:30 Aug 2017] If a school-aged child –

(a) is in Year 10 at a school when notice of the child's proposed learning program is provided to the principal of his or her school under section 22 ; or

(b) is being home educated when notice of the child's proposed learning program is provided to the Secretary under section 85  –

but the child is not issued with a transition statement, the Secretary may approve the proposed learning program, or amend it and approve the amended proposed learning program, as the approved learning program for the child on becoming a youth.

(4)  [Section 29 Subsection (4) amended by No. 37 of 2017, s. 17, Applied:30 Aug 2017] If the Secretary approves an approved learning program under subsection (3) , the child is taken for the purposes of this Act to have been issued with a transition statement.

(5)  If notice of a proposed learning program for a prescribed child is provided to the Secretary under section 25 , the Secretary may approve the proposed learning program, or amend it and approve the amended proposed learning program, as the approved learning program for the prescribed child.