New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004 - SECT 29

29 Employment of new scheme teachers

(1) A person who is a new scheme teacher must not be employed to teach in a school unless:

(a) the person is accredited, and

(b) in the case of a person who is conditionally accredited under section 31-the person is working under the on-site supervision of another teacher (other than a person who is provisionally or conditionally accredited under this Division or who is conditionally accredited under Division 4).

Note: "Accredited" is defined under section 3 to include provisionally or conditionally accredited under this Division.

(2) If, in contravention of this section, a person:

(a) is employed, or

(b) continues to be employed,

the person’s employer is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(3) The employment of a person as a new scheme teacher may be terminated if the person’s accreditation is revoked.

(4) A person who is a new scheme teacher may be suspended from employment as a teacher during any period in which the person’s accreditation is suspended.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person who is suspended from employment as a teacher under this section for any period is taken not to be employed as a teacher during that period.

(6) Nothing in this section requires an employer who terminates or suspends the employment of a person as a new scheme teacher in accordance with this Act to provide alternative employment to the person.