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(b) intellectual development, including development in literacy and numeracy.

11  Home education register—Act, s 139 (2)

The following particulars are prescribed:

(a) the child’s full name as shown on the document provided under section 7 (e);

(b) the full name by which the child is known, if different from the name on the document mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c) the child’s date of birth;

(d) the child’s gender;

(e) a unique identifying number for the child;

(f) the full names of the child’s parents;

(g) the total period for which the child is registered for home education, including the dates on which the period begins and ends;

(h) the address of the home base from which the home education will be carried out.

Note  The parents must tell the director-general within 28 days if the information on the register changes (see Act, s 132 (1) (e) (i)).

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(see s 2A)

Note 1  The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2  For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

• child

• director-general (see s 163)

• external territory

• foreign country

• home address

• may (see s 146)

• must (see s 146)

• State.

Note 3  Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Education Act 2004 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Education Act 2004, dict:

• authorised person (government)

• home education

• home education report (see s 127C)

• new registration (see s 127C)

• parent (see s 6)

• registrar

• school board

• staff

• staff member

• student.

birth certificate, for a child, means the child’s birth certificate, or a certified extract about the child’s birth from the register, under the Births, Deaths and


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