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TEACHERS REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS ACT 2004 - SECT 24

24—Conditions of registration

        (a1)         It is a condition of every registration that a working with children check be conducted in relation to the person at least once in each 5 year period.

        (1)         The Teachers Registration Board may impose conditions of registration which may include (but are not limited to) the following:

            (a)         conditions requiring the person to complete a course or acquire experience as a teacher;

            (b)         conditions requiring the supervision of the person;

            (c)         conditions restricting the subjects that the person may teach;

            (d)         conditions restricting the education that the person may provide;

            (e)         conditions limiting the period for which the registration remains in force;

            (f)         conditions requiring the provision of further evidence as to competence.

        (2)         Without limiting the effect of subsection (1), the Teachers Registration Board must—

            (a)         make it a condition of every registration that—

                  (i)         if the person is charged with or convicted of an offence of a kind specified in the condition (which may include offences under the law of South Australia or elsewhere), the person must, within 14 days, give written notice of the charge or conviction to the Board containing the details specified in the condition; and

                  (ii)         if the person is dismissed from employment as a practising teacher in response to allegations of unprofessional conduct, or resigns from employment as a practising teacher following allegations of unprofessional conduct, the person must, within 14 days, give written notice of the person's dismissal or resignation to the Board containing the details specified in the condition; and

            (iia)         if the person is dismissed from employment as a practising teacher in response to allegations of incompetence (however described), or resigns from employment as a practising teacher following allegations of incompetence (however described), the person must, within 14 days, give written notice of the person's dismissal or resignation to the Board containing the details specified in the condition; and

                  (iii)         if the person is dismissed from any employment in response to allegations of improper conduct relating to a child, or resigns from employment following allegations of improper conduct relating to a child, the person must, within 14 days, give written notice of the person's dismissal or resignation to the Board containing the details specified in the condition; and

            (b)         make it a condition of every provisional registration that the person acquire the experience or meet the requirements (as the case may be) necessary for the person to be eligible for registration under section 21(1); and

            (c)         make it a condition of every registration that if—

                  (i)         the person becomes a prohibited person; or

                  (ii)         more than 5 years have elapsed since a working with children check has been conducted in relation to the person,

the person must, within 14 days after the person becomes aware of the fact, give written notice of that fact to the Board containing the details specified in the condition.

        (3)         The Teachers Registration Board may, on application or by written notice, vary or revoke a condition (other than the condition imposed by subsection (a1)), or impose a condition, of a person's registration as a teacher.



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