New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004

- As at 21 July 2009
- Act 65 of 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Meaning of “teach” and “teacher”
   4.      Meaning of “teacher accreditation authority”
   5.      Mutual recognition laws

   PART 2 - NSW INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS

           Division 1 - Constitution and functions of Institute

   6.      Constitution of NSW Institute of Teachers
   7.      Functions of Institute
   8.      Ministerial control

           Division 2 - Office of Chairperson

   9.      Chairperson

           Division 3 - Board of Governance

   10.     Establishment of Board of Governance
   11.     Functions of Board

           Division 4 - Quality Teaching Council

   12.     Establishment and function of Quality Teaching Council
   13.     Membership of Council

           Division 5 - Chief Executive and staff of Institute

   14.     Chief Executive of Institute
   15.     (Repealed)

   PART 3 - ROLL OF TEACHERS

   16.     Institute to maintain roll of teachers
   17.     Electoral list
   18.     Accreditation list

   PART 4 - ACCREDITATION OF TEACHERS

           Division 1 - Professional teaching standards

   19.     Minister may approve professional teaching standards
   20.     Matters to be dealt with by professional teaching standards

           Division 2 - Accreditation scheme-general provisions

   21.     School-based accreditation scheme
   22.     Accreditation decisions to be provided to Institute
   23.     Procedural matters
   24.     General grounds for revocation of accreditation
   24A.    Suspension of accreditation
   24B.    Criteria for determining revocation or suspension of accreditation on general grounds
   24C.    Notice to be given of intention to suspend or revoke accreditation
   25.     Annual fee
   26.     False information and representation
   27.     Review by Administrative Decisions Tribunal of accreditation decisions

           Division 3 - Mandatory accreditation of new scheme teachers
           Note

   28.     Definitions
   29.     Employment of new scheme teachers
   30.     Provisional accreditation of new scheme teachers
   31.     Conditional accreditation of new scheme teachers
   32.     Accreditation of new scheme teachers at professional competence level
   33.     Revocation of accreditation of new scheme teachers under this Division

           Division 4 - Mandatory accreditation of transition scheme teachers

   34.     Definitions
   35.     Employment of transition scheme teachers
   36.     Conditional accreditation of transition scheme teachers
   37.     Accreditation of transition scheme teachers at professional competence level
   38.     Revocation of accreditation under this Division of transition scheme teachers

           Division 5 - Voluntary accreditation

   39.     Voluntary accreditation of teachers at various levels
   40.     Voluntary accreditation of new scheme and transition scheme teachers at higher levels
   41.     Application fee

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   42.     Exchange of information
   42A.    Payment of suspended teachers
   43.     Institute of Teachers Fund
   44.     Institute may accept gifts, devises or bequests
   45.     Delegations
   46.     Act to bind Crown
   47.     Relationship of Act with other instruments
   48.     Personal liability
   49.     Nature of proceedings for offences
   50.     Recovery of money
   51.     Service of documents on Institute
   51A.    Service of documents generally
   52.     Regulations
   53.     Savings and transitional provisions
   54.     (Repealed)
   55.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           Schedule 4 (Repealed)