TEACHING SERVICE ACT 1980 - SECT 48 Appointments on probation

TEACHING SERVICE ACT 1980 - SECT 48

48 Appointments on probation

(1) Unless the Secretary, in a particular case or class of cases, otherwise determines, a person who is not an officer of the Teaching Service when the person is appointed by the Secretary to a position in that service shall be appointed on probation, which shall be for a period of 12 months or such longer period as the Secretary may in any particular case or class of cases determine.

(2) The Secretary may:

(a) after the expiration of the period of probation for which a person is so appointed, confirm or annul the appointment, or

(b) during the period of probation for which a person is so appointed, extend the period of probation or annul the appointment.

(3) If a person's appointment is so annulled, the person ceases to be an officer, unless appointed to another position as an officer.

(5) A person who, by reason of the annulment of an appointment, ceases to be a member of the Teaching Service under this section is not entitled to appeal to the Industrial Relations Commission against the annulment.

(6) Action is not required to be taken under Part 4A in order to annul an appointment under subsection (2).