South Australian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN'S PROTECTION LAW REFORM (TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2017 (NO 64 OF 2017) - SECT 9

9—Transitional provisions—teachers

        (1)         This section applies to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this section—

            (a)         was a registered teacher (within the meaning of the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004

) whose registration was in force; or

            (b)         was the subject of a special authority to teach granted under section 30 of the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004

that was in force.

        (2)         However, this section ceases to apply to a person referred to in subsection (1)

if any of the following occurs:

            (a)         the person becomes a prohibited person;

            (b)         a working with children check is conducted in relation to the person;

            (c)         the person's current registration as a teacher, or the special authority to teach, (as the case requires) expires;

            (d)         the person's registration as a teacher, or the special authority to teach, (as the case requires) is cancelled or revoked for any reason.

        (3)         The following provisions of the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016

do not apply to, or in relation to, a person to whom this section applies:

            (a)         section 16;

            (b)         section 17;

            (c)         section 18.

        (4)         The central assessment unit may issue a unique identifier under section 29 of the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016

to each person to whom this section applies (being a person to whom a unique identifier has not previously been issued under that Act).