New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Secretary may exempt from enrolment

• (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Secretary may, by certificate given to the parent of a person who has turned 15, exempt the person from the requirements of section 20—

  • (a) on the parent's application; and

  • (b) if satisfied that, on the basis of—

    • (i) the person's educational problems; and

    • (ii) the person's conduct; and

    • (iii) the benefit (if any) the person is likely to get from available schools,—

    it is sensible to do so.

  (2) The Secretary shall not exempt under subsection (1) any person who has neither completed the work of form 2 nor enrolled for a class above form 2.

  (3) The Secretary shall tell the chief executive of the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 the name and address of every person exempted under subsection (1).

  (4) If satisfied that it is in the best interests of any person to do so, the Secretary may revoke the person's certificate under subsection (1).

  Compare: 1964 No 135 s 112

  Section 22(1): amended, on 1 January 1993, by section 5(3) of the Education Amendment Act (No 4) 1991 (1991 No 136).

  Section 22(3): amended, on 1 October 1999, by section 13 of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).