South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts20—Requirement to be registered
(1) A person must not,
for payment or other consideration, personally provide, or offer to provide,
pre-school education, or primary or secondary education, unless the person is
a registered teacher.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2) A person must not
perform the duties of a principal at a school, or of a director of a
prescribed service, unless the person is a registered teacher.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(3) A person (the
"employer") must not—
(a)
employ a person
(the "employee")—
(i)
to personally provide, or offer to provide, pre-school
education, or primary or secondary education; or
(ii)
as a principal of a school; or
(iii)
as a director of a prescribed service; or
(b)
require or allow a person employed by the employer (the
"employee") to—
(i)
personally provide, or offer to provide, pre-school
education, or primary or secondary education; or
(ii)
perform the duties of a principal of a school; or
(iii)
perform the duties of a director of a prescribed service,
unless the employee is a registered teacher.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(4) However,
subsections (1) to (3) (inclusive) do not apply in relation to—
(a) a
person acting in accordance with a special authority to teach granted by the
Teachers Registration Board under Part 6; or
(b) a
person, or person of a class, prescribed by the regulations.
(5) For the purposes
of subsection (3)(a), a reference to employing a person will, in the case
where an employee's registration as a teacher is suspended or cancelled, or
the person is disqualified from being registered as a teacher, after their
initial employment, be taken not to include a reference to the continued
employment of the person.
(6) A person must not
claim to be a registered teacher unless the person is, in fact, a registered
teacher.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.