Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) the employing authority for a prescribed school investigates an allegation of harm caused, or likely to be caused, to a child because of the conduct of a relevant teacher of the prescribed school; and
(b) either--
(i) after the investigation, the employing authority dismisses the relevant teacher from the educational staff of the prescribed school; or
(ii) the relevant teacher resigns from the educational staff of the prescribed school during or after the investigation.
(2) The employing authority must, within 14 days after the termination day, give notice of the dismissal or resignation to the college.
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.
(3) The notice must include the following--
(a) the name of the employing authority and, if the name of the authority is different to the name of the prescribed school, the name of the prescribed school;
(b) the name of the relevant teacher;
(c) the termination day and the day the dismissal or resignation takes or took effect;
(d) the allegation, particulars of the allegation and any other relevant information;
(e) the reasons given by the employing authority for the dismissal or by the relevant teacher for resigning.
(4) In this section--
termination day means the day the employing authority--
(a) gave notice of the dismissal to the relevant teacher; or
(b) received oral or written notice from the relevant teacher of the teacher's resignation.