EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 (NO 24 OF 2006) - SECT 2.6.9 Registration

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 (NO 24 OF 2006) - SECT 2.6.9

    (1)     The Institute may register an applicant as a teacher if—

        (a)     the applicant is qualified for registration under section 2.6.8; and

        (b)     there are no grounds under sub-section (2) under which the Institute may refuse to grant registration to the applicant; and

        (c)     the applicant has satisfied the requirements of section 2.6.7 ;

    (2)     The Institute may refuse to grant registration to an applicant on any one or more of the following grounds—

        (a)     that the character of the applicant is such that it would not be in the public interest to allow the applicant to teach in a school;

        (b)     that the applicant has been convicted or found guilty of a sexual offence or an indictable offence in Victoria or an equivalent offence in another jurisdiction;

        (c)     that the applicant has been convicted or found guilty of an offence where the ability of the applicant to teach in a school is likely to be affected because of the conviction or finding of guilt or where it is not in the public interest to allow the applicant to teach in a school because of the conviction or finding of guilt;

s. 2.6.9

        (d)     that the applicant has previously held a right to teach (being the equivalent of registration as a teacher under this Act), or been employed as a teacher, in a school in another State or Territory or another country and that right or employment has been cancelled or suspended and not restored because of conduct which, if committed within Victoria, would entitle the Institute to suspend or cancel the registration;

        (e)     that the applicant has been seriously incompetent in their teaching practice when employed as a teacher in a school in Victoria or in any other State or Territory or country;

        (f)     that the applicant has not produced evidence which satisfies the Institute of his or her fitness to teach.

    (3)     The Institute may impose any condition, limitation or restriction it thinks appropriate on the registration of a teacher under this section including a condition that the teacher provide information about criminal records within the period specified by the Institute.