Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[s. 89]
1 . Term used: commencement day
In this
Schedule —
commencement day means the day fixed under
section 2.
2 . Teachers currently teaching
(1) Despite any other
provision of this Act, if a teacher currently teaching applies in the manner
approved by the College for —
(a)
registration as a teacher; or
(b) a
limited authority to teach,
the College must
register the person as a teacher or issue the person with a limited authority
to teach, as is relevant, unless the College is satisfied that the person has
been convicted of an offence the nature of which renders the person unfit to
be a teacher or has engaged in any other serious misconduct the nature of
which renders the person unfit to be a teacher.
(2) An application
under this clause is to be made within —
(a)
18 months after the commencement day; or
(b) such
further time as the College allows, if the College decides there are special
circumstances to do so.
(3) In this
clause —
teacher currently teaching means a person who was
employed or engaged to teach in a school, whether or not the person was
actually teaching, immediately before the commencement day.
3 . Teachers not currently teaching
(1) Despite any other
provision of this Act, if a teacher not currently teaching applies in the
manner approved by the College for —
(a)
registration as a teacher; or
(b) a
limited authority to teach,
the College may
register the person as a teacher or issue the person with a limited authority
to teach, as is relevant, unless the College is satisfied that the person has
been convicted of an offence the nature of which renders the person unfit to
be a teacher or has engaged in any other serious misconduct the nature of
which renders the person unfit to be a teacher.
(2) An application
under this clause is to be made within —
(a)
24 months after the commencement of this Act; or
(b) such
further time as the College allows, if the College decides there are special
circumstances to do so.
(3) In this
clause —
teacher not currently teaching means a person who
was not employed or engaged to teach in a school immediately before the
commencement day but was employed or engaged to teach in a school at some time
before the commencement day.
4 . Notice to be given to teacher
The College is to give
written notice to each person who has applied to the College under this
Schedule as to the outcome of the application.
5 . Renewal of registration gained under this
Schedule (approved qualification not necessary)
Section 35(a), as
applied by section 41(3)(a), does not apply in respect of a renewal of
the membership of a person registered under clause 2(1) or 3(1) of this
Schedule.
6 . Review of decision of the College
A person who is
aggrieved by a decision of the College under this Schedule may apply for a
review of that decision under section 81 and for that purpose
section 81 applies as if the review were a review under that section.
7 . Applications under this Schedule
(1) For the avoidance
of doubt, an application for membership of the College made under this
Schedule is an application for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Despite
subclause (1), section 40(2) does not apply in respect of an
application for membership of the College made under this Schedule.
8 . Sections 30, 31 and 83 not to apply to current
teachers for a period of time
Sections 30, 31 and 83
do not apply in respect of a teacher to whom clause 2 or 3 of this Schedule
applies, until —
(a) an
application made by the teacher under clause 2 or 3 has been granted, or
refused, by the College under this Schedule; or
(b) 18
months after the commencement day,
whichever happens
first.