Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) For section 30(c) of the Act, in deciding whether a person is competent to teach, the Board must take into account whether the person:
(a) is able to teach in accordance with the professional teaching standards approved by the Board under regulation 9; and
(b) is proficient in the English language.
(2) For section 42(1)(b) of the Act, in deciding whether an unregistered person is competent to teach each subject at a level as specified in an application for authorisation in relation to the person, the Board must take into account whether the person:
(a) is able to teach the subject at the level specified in accordance with the professional teaching standards approved by the Board under regulation 9; and
(b) is proficient in the English language.
(3) However, despite subregulation (2)(b), for a person who will only teach a foreign language under an authorisation, the Board may be satisfied the person is competent to teach despite not being proficient in the English language.
(4) To decide whether a person is proficient in the English language the Board must take into account:
(a) whether the person's qualifications for registration were awarded by an institution in any of the following countries, and whether the person undertook their studies in that country:
(i) Australia, English-speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States of America;
(ii) another country approved by the Board by Gazette notice; or
(b) the person's results in an English language test approved by the Board by Gazette notice.