Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A student is
excused from —
(a)
attendance at a government school at which he or she is enrolled; or
(b)
participation in an educational programme of the school,
on a day, or during a
period, that under section 31 is recognized as having religious or cultural
significance for the student or the student’s parents.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply unless before the day, or the beginning of the period, in
question the principal has been notified that the student will not attend or
participate on that day or during that period.
(3) A notification to
a principal under subsection (2) may be given in any way that is determined by
the principal to be acceptable, either generally or in a particular case.
(4) A notification
under subsection (2) is to be given —
(a) by a
parent of the student; or
(b) in
the ca s e of a student who has turned 18 or who is a prescribed child, by the
student; or
(c) by a
person whose details have been provided under section 16(1)(b)(ii)(II).
(5) Despite
subsections (1) and (2), where it is not reasonably practicable for a notice
to be given under subsection (2) a student is excused as mentioned in
subsection (1) if the notice is given as soon as is reasonably practicable
after the day or the period in question.
(6) In subsection
(1)(a) —
school includes any place to which an arrangement
under section 24 relates.