South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current ActsIn this Act—
"condition" includes a limitation;
"Department" means the administrative unit of the Public Service responsible
for assisting a Minister in the administration of this Act;
"director", of a prescribed service, means the person responsible for
providing educational leadership in, and managing the day-to-day operations
of, the prescribed service;
"practising teacher" means a person in employment for which registration is
required under this Act;
"prescribed service" means—
(a) a
school-based preschool or stand-alone preschool under the
Education and Children's Services Act 2019 (including a stand-alone
preschool continued under Part 4 Division 3 of that Act); or
(c) an
education and care service under the Education and Care Services National Law
(South Australia) consisting of or including pre-school education; or
(d) any
other service of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition;
"pre-school education" means the provision of courses of education, training
and instruction to children who have not yet attained compulsory school age
(within the meaning of the Education and Children's Services Act 2019 );
"principal" of a school means the person responsible for providing educational
leadership in the school and managing the day-to-day operations of the school;
"professional standards for teachers" means professional standards for
teachers required for the purposes of registration of teachers, as developed
from time to time by the Teachers Registration Board;
"prohibited person" means a prohibited person under the
Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 ;
"registered teacher" means a person registered as a teacher under Part 5;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Teachers Registration Board appointed
under Part 3, or a person acting in the position of the Registrar;
"registration" includes, unless the context otherwise requires, provisional
registration and renewal of registration;
"repealed provisions" means Part 4 of the Education Act 1972 , as in
force from time to time before the commencement of this Act;
"school" means a school established for the purpose of providing education at
primary or secondary level, whether or not also for the purpose of providing a
pre-school education;
"Teachers Registration Board" means the Teachers Registration Board of South
Australia established under Part 3;
"teacher regulatory authority" means an authority with functions under the law
of a place outside this State similar to those of the Teachers Registration
Board;
"unique identifier", of a person, means a unique identifier issued to the
person under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 ;
"unprofessional conduct" means—
(a) a
contravention of this Act or the repealed provisions; or
(b) a
contravention of a condition of registration as a teacher under this Act or
the repealed provisions; or
(ba) a
contravention of a code of conduct or professional standard published or
adopted under section 31B; or
(c)
incompetence; or
(d)
disgraceful or improper conduct;
"working with children check" means a working with children check under the
Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 .