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TASMANIA
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TEACHERS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL
2016
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CONTENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Repeal of Act
PART 2 - TEACHERS REGISTRATION ACT 2000 AMENDED
4. Principal Act
5. Section 17J amended (Determining whether person of good
character)
PART 3 - TEACHERS REGISTRATION ACT 2000 FURTHER
AMENDED
6. Principal Act
7. Section 13 amended (Determination of application for
registration)
8. Section 17A amended (Renewal of full registration and specialist
vocational education and training registration)
9. Section 17D amended (Determination of application)
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TEACHERS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL
2016
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
SHANE DONNELLY, Clerk of the House
24 August 2016
(Brought in by the Minister for Education and Training, the
Honourable Jeremy Page Rockliff)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Teachers Registration Act 2000
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Teachers
Registration Amendment Act 2016.
2. Commencement
(1) Part 1 and Part 2 commence on the day on which
this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) The remaining provisions of this Act commence
on 1 January 2017.
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3. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which all of the
provisions of this Act commence.
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Part 2 - Teachers Registration Act 2000 Amended s. 4
PART 2 - TEACHERS REGISTRATION ACT 2000
AMENDED
4. Principal Act
In this Part, the Teachers Registration Act 2000*
is referred to as the Principal Act.
5. Section 17J amended (Determining whether person
of good character)
Section 17J of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after paragraph (a) the following
paragraph:
(ab) is to take into account -
(i) whether the person has been
refused registration under the
Registration to Work with
Vulnerable People Act 2013; and
(ii) if the person is, or has been,
registered under that Act, whether
the registration has been
suspended or cancelled; and
*No. 98 of 2000
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s. 6 Part 3 - Teachers Registration Act 2000 Further Amended
PART 3 - TEACHERS REGISTRATION ACT 2000
FURTHER AMENDED
6. Principal Act
In this Part, the Teachers Registration Act 2000*
is referred to as the Principal Act.
7. Section 13 amended (Determination of application
for registration)
Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (c) in subsection (2):
(ca) the applicant is registered under
the Registration to Work with
Vulnerable People Act 2013 in
respect of a regulated activity,
within the meaning of that Act,
that primarily relates to children;
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (c) in subsection (3):
(ca) the applicant is registered under
the Registration to Work with
Vulnerable People Act 2013 in
respect of a regulated activity,
within the meaning of that Act,
that primarily relates to children;
*No. 98 of 2000
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Part 3 - Teachers Registration Act 2000 Further Amended s. 8
(c) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (c) in subsection (3A):
(ca) the applicant is registered under
the Registration to Work with
Vulnerable People Act 2013 in
respect of a regulated activity,
within the meaning of that Act,
that primarily relates to children;
8. Section 17A amended (Renewal of full registration
and specialist vocational education and training
registration)
Section 17A(3) of the Principal Act is amended
by inserting after paragraph (b) the following
paragraph:
(ba) satisfied that the person is registered
under the Registration to Work with
Vulnerable People Act 2013 in respect of
a regulated activity, within the meaning
of that Act, that primarily relates to
children; and
9. Section 17D amended (Determination of
application)
Section 17D(2) of the Principal Act is amended
by inserting after paragraph (b) the following
paragraph:
(ba) is registered under the Registration to
Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
in respect of a regulated activity, within
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the meaning of that Act, that primarily
relates to children; and
8 Government Printer, Tasmania