Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) A person is eligible to take an external senior examination for an examination subject if the person—
(a) has not finished the year 12 year of schooling; and
(b) has not obtained—
(i) a record of results stating the person's results for any examination subject; or
(ii) a senior certificate; and
(c) will be at least 17 years by the end of the year in which the person proposes to take the examination.
(2) Also, a person is eligible to take an external senior examination for an examination subject if the person—
(a) has finished the year 12 year of schooling; and
(b) has obtained—
(i) a senior statement stating the person's results for any examination subject; or
(ii) a senior certificate.
(3) Further, a person is eligible to take an external senior examination for an examination subject if—
(a) the person is undertaking senior secondary education at a school; and
(b) the authority is satisfied the person can not reasonably study a corresponding subject for the examination subject at the school.
(4) For subsection (3)(b), a person can not reasonably study the corresponding subject for the examination subject at the school if, for example—
(a) the corresponding subject is not taught at the school; or
(b) the corresponding subject is taught at the school, but only at the same times as another subject being studied by the person at the school.
(5) In this section—
corresponding subject, for an examination subject, means a syllabus developed, purchased or revised by the authority under the Act or an Australian curriculum that is substantially the same as the examination subject.