(1) This regulation
applies for the purposes of section 96D.
(2) If the chief
executive officer gives a direction in writing to a principal of a school to
wholly or partially suspend a student from attendance at the school under
section 96D(2), the principal of the school is to wholly or partially (as
the case requires) —
(a)
suspend the student for 10 consecutive school days; or
(b)
suspend the student for such further period as is authorised by the chief
executive officer if —
(i)
the period of suspension imposed under paragraph (a)
has expired; and
(ii)
the chief executive officer has not made an order under
section 96G(1); and
(iii)
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.
(3) If a principal has
suspended a student under subregulation (2), the principal is to ensure
that educational instruction is made available to the student.
(4) If a student is
either wholly or partially suspended from attendance at a school for a period
of suspension referred to in subregulation (2), and the period imposed
would continue at the end of a school term, the period is taken
to —
(a)
pause at the end of the school term; and
(b)
resume at the start of the next school term.
(5) A student who is
suspended under subregulation (2) remains subject to the school’s
code of conduct during the period of suspension.
Note for this regulation:
Section 232
provides that the chief executive officer may give directions in writing to
the principal of a government school with respect to the performance of the
principal’s functions under the Act, either generally or in relation to
a particular matter, and the principal is to give effect to any such
direction. This may include a direction for a period of suspension imposed
under subregulation (2)(a) or (b) to cease.
[Regulation 46A inserted: SL 2024/118
r. 4.]