Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
sec.155AEligibility to apply for enrolment—adults
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sec.155A Eligibility to apply for enrolment—adults
An adult, other than a student visa holder, is only eligible to apply for enrolment— at a mature age State school; or as a student in a program of distance education. Despite subsection (1) , an adult may apply for enrolment at a State school if— the adult has previously been enrolled at a non-State school or State educational institution (the previous school or institution ) and on the day of enrolment at the previous school or institution was a child; and the adult’s proposed first day of attendance at the State school is not more than 12 months after the day the adult last attended the previous school or institution. s 155A ins 2014 No. 62 s 69 (sec.155A-ssec.1) An adult, other than a student visa holder, is only eligible to apply for enrolment— at a mature age State school; or as a student in a program of distance education. (sec.155A-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) , an adult may apply for enrolment at a State school if— the adult has previously been enrolled at a non-State school or State educational institution (the previous school or institution ) and on the day of enrolment at the previous school or institution was a child; and the adult’s proposed first day of attendance at the State school is not more than 12 months after the day the adult last attended the previous school or institution.
- (a) at a mature age State school; or
- (b) as a student in a program of distance education.
- (a) the adult has previously been enrolled at a non-State school or State educational institution (the previous school or institution ) and on the day of enrolment at the previous school or institution was a child; and
- (b) the adult’s proposed first day of attendance at the State school is not more than 12 months after the day the adult last attended the previous school or institution.