Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
"alternate member" means an alternate member of the Board, appointed under section 9.
"approved" means approved by the Board.
"authorisation" means an authorisation under Part 5 to employ an unregistered person as a teacher.
"authorised person" means a person in relation to whom an authorisation is, or has been, in effect.
"Board" means the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory established by section 6.
"Board member" means a member of the Board appointed under section 7.
"committee" means a committee established under section 25.
"criminal history", of a person, means the person's criminal record as defined in section 3(1) of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act .
"Director" means the Director of the Board appointed under section 14.
"education courses" means teacher education courses delivered by institutions in the Territory that lead to the prescribed qualifications required for registration.
"educator" means a person:
(a) who is a specialist in the administration of education; or
(b) who is a specialist in the theory and practice of education; or
(c) who delivers, outside of a school, a course of academic instruction to adults.
"employer", of a person, means a person who employs the person as a teacher.
full registration means full registration as a teacher granted under section 36(1).
"information notice" means a written notice to a person about a decision specifying:
(a) the decision; and
(b) the reasons for the decision; and
(c) the rights of appeal available to the person in relation to the decision and the period within which, and way in which, the appeal must be made.
"inquiry" means an inquiry held in accordance with Part 6, Division 4.
"inquiry committee" means a committee appointed under section 60.
"interim certificate of registration" means a certificate issued under section 34.
investigation panel means a panel appointed under section 55.
"investigator", see section 55(1).
"personal details", of a person who is a teacher or in relation to whom an authorisation is granted, means the person's name, residential address, private telephone numbers and email address and includes details of any health related condition of which the Board is notified and the person's criminal history.
"preliminary investigation" means an investigation held in accordance with Part 6, Division 3.
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulation.
"provisional registration "means provisional registration as a teacher granted under section 36(2).
"referee", for a specified person, means each of the following:
(a) a current or previous employer of the specified person;
(b) a registration authority;
(c) an institution at which the specified person is, or was previously, enrolled for the purpose of obtaining a prescribed qualification;
(d) the Commissioner of Police;
(e) the Screening Authority established by section 196 of the Care and Protection of Children Act ;
(f) a person nominated by the specified person to give a character reference for the specified person.
"register" means the Register of Teachers kept under section 26.
"registered", in relation to a teacher, means currently registered under this Act.
"registration "means provisional registration or full registration.
"registration authority" means a statutory body in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth, or in New Zealand, established to register teachers and includes a similar body in other jurisdictions.
"relevant person" means:
(a) a registered teacher; or
(b) a teacher whose registration is suspended; or
(c) a person to whom an authorisation relates if the authorisation is in effect or suspended.
"school", see section 4(1) of the Education Act .
"school year" means the period from the beginning of the first term of school to the end of the last term within the same calendar year.
sexual offence has the meaning in section 68.
(a) a person who is qualified to program and deliver a course of instruction at a school and to assess the work of students in relation to that course of instruction; and
(b) for Part 6 – a person who is, or has been, a registered teacher.
"unregistered person "means a person who is not registered under this Act.