New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004 - SECT 24

24 General grounds for revocation of accreditation

(1) Without limiting any other provision of this Part, a teacher accreditation authority may revoke the accreditation of a person in accordance with this section.

(2) The accreditation of a person who is or was employed as a teacher may be revoked on any of the following grounds:

(a) the authority is satisfied that the person is a prohibited person within the meaning of Division 1 of Part 7 of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 ,

(b) the person is found guilty of a serious offence, being an offence prescribed by the regulations, or that is of a class of offences prescribed by the regulations, for the purposes of this paragraph,

(c) the person is found guilty more than once in the 5-year period immediately before the revocation of a non-serious offence, being an offence prescribed by the regulations, or that is of a class of offences prescribed by the regulations, for the purposes of this paragraph that involves an act or conduct that would reflect adversely on a teacher’s professional standing or integrity or suitability or competence to teach,

(d) the authority is satisfied that the person, because of serious misconduct, has been dismissed from employment as a teacher (whether permanent, temporary or casual) or has been included in the list of persons maintained by the Director-General under section 7 (1) (e) of the Teaching Service Act 1980 as a person who is not to be employed in the Teaching Service,

(e) the authority is satisfied that the person has failed to comply with any condition to which the person’s accreditation is subject.

Note: Sections 33, 38, 39 (5) and 40 (4) provide other grounds for the revocation of a person’s accreditation.