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TASMANIA
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TEACHERS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 13 amended (Registration)
5. Section 13A inserted
13A. Extension of registration
6. Section 14 amended (Renewal of registration)
7. Section 14A inserted
14A. Payment of annual registration fee
8. Section 15 substituted
15. Certificate of registration
9. Section 16 amended (Criteria for provisional registration)
10. Section 16A inserted
16A. Extension of provisional registration
11. Section 25 amended (Register)
12. Section 26 amended (Removal of name from register)
13. Section 27 amended (Employing unregistered persons)
14. Section 32 amended (Annual returns)
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TEACHERS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
(Brought in by the Minister for Education, the Honourable
Paula Catherine Wriedt)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Teachers Registration Act 2000
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Teachers Registration
Amendment Act 2003.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Teachers Registration Act 2000* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 98 of 2000
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Section 13 amended (Registration)
4. Section 13(2) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting "2" and substituting "3";
(b) by omitting "following" and substituting
"third".
Section 13A inserted
5. After section 13 of the Principal Act, the following
section is inserted in Part 3:
Extension of registration
13A. (1) A person whose registration expires on 31
December 2003 may apply to the Board for an
extension of his or her registration until 31
December 2004.
(2) A person whose registration expires on
31 December 2004 may apply to the Board for an
extension of his or her registration until
31 December 2005.
(3) An application is to be
(a) in an approved form; and
(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Section 14 amended (Renewal of registration)
6. Section 14(3) of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting "for such period not exceeding 3 years as is
determined by the Board" after "a person".
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Section 14A inserted
7. After section 14 of the Principal Act, the following
section is inserted in Part 3:
Payment of annual registration fee
14A. (1) A person who is registered, or whose
registration is renewed, for a period of more than
one year is to pay an annual registration fee
prescribed in the regulations for each year,
excluding the first year, for which the registration is
granted or renewed.
(2) The fee referred to in subsection (1) is to be
paid on or before 31 December in each year during
the currency of the registration.
Section 15 substituted
8. Section 15 of the Principal Act is repealed and the
following section is substituted:
Certificate of registration
15. (1) The Board is to issue a certificate of
registration in an approved form to a person
registered under section 13 or whose registration is
renewed under section 14.
(2) The Board is to issue a certificate of
provisional registration in an approved form to a
person who is granted provisional registration under
section 16(1) or whose provisional registration is
extended under section 16(3).
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Section 16 amended (Criteria for provisional
registration)
9. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (2) "2" and
substituting "3";
(b) by omitting from subsection (3) "not exceeding
2 years" and substituting "so long as the total
length of the period of provisional registration
does not exceed 4 years".
Section 16A inserted
10. After section 16 of the Principal Act, the following
section is inserted in Part 3:
Extension of provisional registration
16A. (1) A person whose provisional registration
expires on 31 December 2003 may apply to the
Board for an extension of his or her registration
until 31 December 2004.
(2) A person whose provisional registration
expires on 31 December 2004 may apply to the
Board for an extension of his or her registration
until 31 December 2005.
(3) An application is to be
(a) in an approved form; and
(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Section 25 amended (Register)
11. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
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(a) by omitting from subsection (2)(a) "and any
former name";
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (a) in subsection (2):
(ab) any former name;
(c) by inserting in subsection (2)(f) "or limited
authority number" after "number";
(d) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (h) in subsection (2):
(ha) expiry date of registration;
(e) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (i) in subsection (2):
(ia) particulars of limited authority;
(f) by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the
following subsections:
(4) The Board, on request
(a) must make available only the
particulars of the register referred
to in subsection (2)(a), (f), (g) and
(ha); and
(b) may make available to a teacher
employing authority the
particulars of the register referred
to in subsection (2)(c), (d), (i) and
(ia) and any other particulars in
respect of which the registered
teacher has given his or her
consent.
(5) For the purpose of subsection (4),
"teacher employing authority" means the
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Department, the Catholic Education Office,
Hobart or a person or body referred to in
section 51 of the Education Act 1994.
Section 26 amended (Removal of name from
register)
12. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (e) "section 17 or
section 24." and substituting "section 17 or
section 24; or";
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (e):
(f) the person has not paid the
relevant prescribed annual
registration fee by the due date.
Section 27 amended (Employing unregistered
persons)
13. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting "teacher or" and substituting
"teacher,";
(b) by inserting "or is not under the direct
supervision of a registered teacher" after
"authority".
Section 32 amended (Annual returns)
14. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
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(a) by inserting "by not later than 1 August in
each year" after "Board";
(b) by omitting "each" and substituting "that".
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