New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004 - SECT 4

4 Meaning of “teacher accreditation authority”

(1) In this Act, "teacher accreditation authority" means:

(a) in relation to a government school:

(i) the Director-General, or

(ii) such other person or body as may be approved for the time being by the Director-General under subsection (2), or

(b) in relation to a non-government school:

(i) the Minister, or

(ii) such person or body as may be approved for the time being by the Minister under subsection (4).

(2) The Director-General may approve a person or body to be the teacher accreditation authority in relation to a government school or a particular class of government schools for the purposes of this Act.

(3) The approval of any such person or body by the Director-General:

(a) authorises the person or body to accredit, in accordance with Part 4, persons at such levels of accreditation as may be determined by the Director-General, and

(b) is subject to the requirement that the person or body complies with:

(i) the accreditation procedures and guidelines set out in the professional teaching standards, and

(ii) the conditions imposed by or under this Act, and

(iii) such other conditions as the Director-General thinks fit to impose, and

(c) may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Director-General for such reasons as the Director-General thinks fit.

(4) The Minister may approve a person or body to be the teacher accreditation authority in relation to a non-government school for the purposes of this Act. In the case of a non-government school that is a member of a system of non-government schools approved by the Minister under Part 7 of the Education Act 1990 , the person or body approved by the Minister under this subsection may be the approved authority for that system.

(5) The approval of any such person or body by the Minister:

(a) authorises the person or body to accredit, in accordance with Part 4, persons at such levels of accreditation as may be determined by the Minister, and

(b) is subject to the requirement that the person or body complies with:

(i) the accreditation procedures and guidelines set out in the professional teaching standards, and

(ii) the conditions imposed by or under this Act, and

(iii) such other conditions as the Minister thinks fit to impose, and

(c) may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Minister if the Minister is of the opinion that the person or body has failed to comply with any such requirement.

(6) The suspension or revocation of the approval of a person or body as a teacher accreditation authority does not affect the accreditation by that authority of a person under Part 4.