(1) This section applies if--
(a) an approved teacher is convicted of an excluding offence; and
(b) the court that convicts the teacher does not impose an imprisonment order for the offence.
(2) The court may, on application by the prosecutor or on its own initiative, make an order (a disqualification order) in relation to the teacher stating the teacher may never be granted registration or permission to teach.
(3) In this section--
Crown prosecutor includes each of the following--
(a) the Attorney-General;
(b) the director of public prosecutions;
(c) another person, other than a police officer, appearing for the State.
prosecutor means--
(a) in the context of a proceeding before, or an application to, a Magistrates Court--a police officer or Crown prosecutor; or
(b) otherwise--a Crown prosecutor.