Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The period
prescribed for the purposes of section 90(1) —
(a) is 5
consecutive school days unless paragraph (b), (c) or (d) applies; or
(b) is
10 consecutive school days if the student commits a serious breach of school
discipline; or
(c) is
10 consecutive school days if the principal makes a recommendation under
section 92(1)(a) that the chief executive officer exercise a power under
section 94; or
(d) is
such further period as is authorised by the chief executive officer
if —
(i)
the principal has made a recommendation under
section 92(1)(a) that the chief executive officer exercise a power under
section 94; and
(ii)
the chief executive officer has not made a decision based
on the material and information referred to in section 92(6); and
(iii)
the period of suspension imposed by the principal has
expired; and
(iv)
the student and, unless the student is an adult student
or an independent minor, a parent of the student or a person responsible for
the student have been given a reasonable opportunity to show that the
suspension should not continue.
(2) If a student is
either wholly or partially suspended from attendance at a school for a period
of suspension referred to in subregulation (1)(a), (b), or (c), the
period terminates at the end of the school term in which the term was imposed.
(3) Nothing in this
regulation prevents a student who has been suspended for a period referred to
in subregulation (1) from being suspended for a breach of school
discipline that occurs after that period if the periods of suspension are not
consecutive.