Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The following
persons may apply to the principal of a government school to be exempted from
complying with one or more of the requirements of the school’s dress
code —
(a) if
the student is an adult student or an independent minor, the student;
(b)
otherwise, a parent of the student or a person responsible for the student.
(2) On an application
under subregulation (1), the principal of a school may exempt, for such
period as the principal thinks fit, the student from complying with any
requirement of the school’s dress code on any of the following
grounds —
(a) the
unavailability of a component of the dress code;
(b) a
matter relating to the student’s health;
(c) a
matter relating to the religious beliefs of the student or the student’s
family;
(d) a
matter relating to the cultural background of the student or the
student’s family;
(e) any
other matter which, in the principal’s opinion, is sufficient to exempt
the student from complying with the requirement.
(3) The principal may
make the exemption subject to conditions.
(4) If the principal
of a government school exempts a student at the school from complying with any
requirement of the school’s dress code then the principal
must —
(a)
ensure that a written record is made of —
(i)
each requirement of the school dress code that the
student is exempt from complying with; and
(ii)
the period of time for which each exemption has effect;
and
(iii)
the ground on which each exemption was given; and
(iv)
any relevant condition of the exemption;
and
(b)
ensure that the applicant receives a copy of the record; and
(c)
ensure that each of the student’s teachers is informed of the contents
of the record.
(5) On an application
under subregulation (1) the principal may also determine that the
exemption applies —
(a) to
all students at the school in specified circumstances and if so, is to ensure
that the persons affected are informed in writing of the details of the
exemption; or
(b) to
all students in a specified category of students at the school and if so, is
to ensure that the persons affected are informed in writing of the details of
the exemption.
(6) The
principal —
(a) may
revoke or vary an exemption given under this regulation at any time; and
(b) is
to ensure that the persons affected are informed in writing of the revocation
or variation.