Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF TEACHERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 285

(1) This section applies if—

(a) either of the following happens—

(i) the college decides to suspend an approved teacher's registration or permission to teach under section 48 or 49;

(ii) a disciplinary committee makes a decision about disciplinary proceedings against a relevant teacher; and

(b) the college reasonably believes the decision may be relevant to the functions or powers of the children's commissioner under the Commissioner's Act.

(2) The college may give notice of the decision to the children's commissioner.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) must state the following—

(a) the teacher's name and address;

(b) the teacher's date of birth;

(c) that disciplinary action has been taken against the person, without stating anything further about the disciplinary action.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if the children's commissioner—

(a) requests further information about disciplinary action mentioned in a notice under subsection (3) about an approved teacher; and

(b) notifies the college that the approved teacher is an applicant for, or holder of, a prescribed notice or exemption notice under the Commissioner's Act.

(5) The college must give the children's commissioner a notice stating the following—

(a) for a suspension mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i)—whether it is a suspension under section 48 or 49 and, if it is a suspension under section 49—

(i) when the conduct giving rise to the suspension happened; and

(ii) the nature of the conduct that led to the suspension;

(b) for a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—

(i) when the grounds for the disciplinary action arose; and

(ii) the nature of grounds for the disciplinary action;

(c) any other information the college considers may be relevant to employment screening under the Commissioner's Act, chapter 8.

(6) If a notice given under subsection (2) or (5) about a suspension mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i), or a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii), relates to a particular child, the notice must not contain information that identifies, or is likely to identify, the child.

(7) If the college gives the children's commissioner information under subsection (5) about a suspension mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i), or a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii), and the suspension or decision is set aside on review or appeal, the college must notify the commissioner of the following—

(a) that the suspension or decision has been set aside;

(b) the reasons given by the entity that set the suspension or decision aside for setting it aside.

(8) This section does not limit section 285A.