Western Australian Current Regulations

SCHOOL EDUCATION REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 44

44 .         Suspension, rules for imposing etc. (Act s. 90(2))

        (1)         Before a principal suspends a student under section 90(1) for a breach of school discipline other than a serious breach of school discipline, the principal is to —

            (a)         provide oral or written advice about the duration of, and reasons for, the proposed suspension to —

                  (i)         the student; and

                  (ii)         unless the student is an adult student or an independent minor, a parent of the student or a person responsible for the student;

                and

            (b)         give a person who is given advice under paragraph (a) a reasonable opportunity to give reasons for not suspending the student.

        (2)         If a principal suspends a student under section 90(1) for a serious breach of school discipline the principal is to —

            (a)         provide written advice about the duration of, and reasons for, the suspension to —

                  (i)         the student; and

                  (ii)         unless the student is an adult student or an independent minor, a parent of the student or a person responsible for the student;

                and

            (b)         give a person who is given advice under paragraph (a) a reasonable opportunity to show that the student should not have been suspended or that the suspension should not continue.

        (3)         A student who is suspended under section 90(1) remains subject to the school’s code of conduct during the period of suspension.

        [Regulation 44 inserted: Gazette 17 Dec 2002 p. 5908‑9.]