South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A teacher who is
pregnant may apply for accouchement leave commencing at any time during her
pregnancy and ending not more than 12 months after the date of birth of the
child.
(2) The
Director-General must grant accouchement leave in accordance with the
application of a teacher and may vary the period of such leave on application
by the teacher.
(3) Accouchement leave
is leave without pay provided that—
(a) a
teacher who is entitled to long service leave may, at her discretion, use all
or part of that entitlement during the period of accouchement leave;
(b)
where the teacher suffers a sickness or injury that is, in the opinion of the
Director-General—
(i)
unconnected with the pregnancy; or
(ii)
is a significant abnormal medical condition arising out
of the pregnancy or the birth of the child,
the teacher must be granted sick leave with pay for a period not exceeding the
period, if any, standing to the credit of the teacher.
(4) A teacher who has
been granted accouchement leave must give the Director-General at least four
weeks notice in writing of the date on which she intends to resume duty.
(5) If it is not
possible to offer a teacher on accouchement leave a suitable appointment at
the cessation of the period for which the leave has been granted, the leave
may be extended until the end of the vacation period following the end of the
school year during which notice of intention to resume duty was given.