South Australian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN'S PROTECTION LAW REFORM (TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2017 (NO 64 OF 2017) - SECT 144

144—Amendment of section 37—Employer to report dismissal

Section 37—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         If the employer of a practising teacher—

            (a)         dismisses the teacher on the grounds that—

                  (i)         the teacher is a prohibited person; or

                  (ii)         a working with children check has not been conducted in relation to the teacher within the preceding 5 years; or

            (b)         accepts the resignation of the teacher for a reason referred to in paragraph (a)

,

the employer must, within 7 days, submit a written report to the Teachers Registration Board—

            (c)         describing the circumstances of the dismissal or resignation; and

            (d)         containing all other prescribed information.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.