Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A parent of a student enrolled in a Government school may request the principal of the school to withdraw the student from the whole or a specified part of a specified course of instruction provided for the student at the school.
(2) The principal:
(a) may agree to the request and make the necessary arrangements to comply with the request if satisfied it is appropriate to do so; and
(b) must make the necessary arrangements to comply with the request if:
(i) the course of instruction specified in the request is a course of religious instruction; or
(ii) the parent claims to have a conscientious objection to the student attending the course or part of the course and the course is not a mandatory part of the curriculum.