(1) Instruction in the learning areas specified in Schedule 1 to (and including) year 12 of education or its equivalent is to be free for a student who is under the age of 20 years on 1 January in the year the student commences that year of schooling and who is attending a Government school.
(2) This section does not apply to overseas students.
(3) For the purposes of this section, instruction that is equivalent to year 12 of education is instruction for a certificate of education or other qualification determined by the Minister by Order to be so equivalent.