(1) A person is eligible for the issue of a QCE if—
(a) a student account is open for the person; and
(b) at least 20 credits are recorded in the person's student account—
(i) in the required pattern; and
(ii) for contributing studies completed, or partially completed; and
(c) the person satisfies the school study eligibility requirement; and
(d) the person satisfies the literacy and numeracy requirements stated in a guideline.
(2) For subsection (1)(b)(i), credits recorded in a person's student account are in the required pattern if at least 12 of the credits are for completed core studies.
(3) For subsection (1)(c), the school study eligibility requirement is satisfied if at least one of the credits mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is for—
(a) core studies completed, or partially completed, by the person—
(i) while enrolled at an assessing school; or
(ii) while the person was provisionally registered, or registered, for home education under the E(GP) Act, chapter 9, part 5; or
(b) non-Queensland studies that are core studies undertaken by the person at an interstate or overseas school.