South Australian Current Acts

TEACHERS REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS ACT 2004 - SECT 31

31—Register

        (1)         The Teachers Registration Board must keep a register of persons granted a special authority to teach under this Part.

        (2)         The register must include, in relation to each such person—

            (a)         the person's full name, personal address and business address (if any); and

            (b)         the qualifications (if any) held by the person determined by the Teachers Registration Board to be relevant to the person's activities under the special authority to teach; and

            (c)         the number of the person's special authority to teach; and

            (d)         the person's unique identifier; and

            (e)         details of the most recent working with children check conducted in relation to the person (if known); and

            (f)         details of any condition of the person's special authority to teach; and

            (g)         the expiry date of the person's special authority to teach; and

            (h)         details concerning the outcome of any action taken against the person by the Board under this Act,

and may include other information as the Teachers Registration Board thinks fit.

        (3)         The Registrar will be responsible to the Teachers Registration Board for the form and maintenance of the register.

        (4)         The holder of a special authority to teach must, within 28 days after changing name or address, inform the Registrar in writing of the change.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

Expiation fee: $160.

        (5)         The holder of a special authority to teach must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after a working with children check is conducted in relation to the person (but in any event within 14 days), inform the Registrar in writing of that fact, and provide such details relating to the working with children check as the Registrar may require.

        (6)         The Registrar may remove or correct an entry in the register as required without giving notice to any person.

        (7)         The Registrar must—

            (a)         make a record of the full name of each person granted a special authority to teach and the information entered in the register under subsection (2)(b), (f) and (g) in relation to the teacher available for inspection on application to the Registrar; and

            (b)         make a record of the full name of each person granted a special authority to teach and the information entered in the register under subsection (2)(f) and (g) in relation to the person available for inspection on a website established by the Teachers Registration Board.

        (8)         An apparently genuine document purporting to be signed by the Registrar stating that, at a specified date, or during a specified period—

            (a)         a specified person was the holder of a special authority to teach granted under this Part that was unconditional or subject to specified conditions; or

            (b)         a specified person was not the holder of a special authority to teach granted under this Part,

will, in any legal proceedings, constitute proof of the matters stated in the document in the absence of proof to the contrary.