South Australian Numbered Acts

TEACHERS REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO 38 OF 2020) - SECT 37

37—Amendment of section 52—Notification of offences to employer etc

        (1)         Section 52(1)(c)—delete paragraph (c)

        (2)         Section 52—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         If the Registrar becomes aware that a person who is or has been the holder of a special authority to teach granted under Part 6 has been charged with or convicted of an offence (whether an offence under the law of South Australia or elsewhere) that, in the opinion of the Registrar, raises serious concerns about the person's fitness to hold, or continue to hold, a special authority to teach, the Registrar must, as soon as practicable, give details of the matter to—

            (a)         the person's employer if the person is the holder of a current special authority to teach; and

            (b)         the chief executives of the Department, the Catholic Education Office and the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia Incorporated.

        (3)         Section 52(2)(b)(i)—after "teacher" insert:

or the holder of a current special authority to teach

        (4)         Section 52(2)(b)(iii)—delete subparagraph (iii)