SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 239

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 239

239 .         Teaching staff and other officers, substandard performance by and discipline of

        (1)         Part 5 of the PSMA has effect as if in that Part references to —

            (a)         an employee included —

                  (i)         a member of the teaching staff; and

                  (ii)         an officer who comes within section 235(1)(c);

                and

            (b)         an employing authority included references to the chief executive officer.

        (2)         In addition to —

            (a)         the actions that may be taken under section 79(3) of the PSMA; and

            (b)         any disciplinary action or improvement action that may be taken under section 82A(3)(b) or 88(b) of the PSMA,

                the chief executive officer may under those provisions make a determination under section 238(1)(a) in respect of a member of the teaching staff.

        (3)         Without limiting section 80 of the PSMA, a contravention of this Act is to be taken to be a breach of discipline for the purposes of that section.

        [Section 239 amended: No. 39 of 2010 s. 110(2) and (3).]