{"id":"teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012","name":"Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012","slug":"teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182184,"registerId":"wa-teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nTeacher Registration Act 2012\n\nTeacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012\n\nWestern Australia\n\nTeacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\nPart 2 — General provisions\n\n4. Prescribed actionable offences (s. 3) 3\n\n5. Prescribed bodies or agencies (s. 3) 3\n\n6. Prescribed curriculum (s. 3) 3\n\n7. When unpaid volunteers are teaching (s. 3) 4\n\n8. Other persons who are not teaching (s. 3) 5\n\nPart 3 — Registration\n\nDivision 1 — Registration of teachers\n\n10. English language skills for full and provisional registration (s. 15(d), 16(c) and 16A(d)) 6\n\n11. English language skills for limited registration (s. 17(c)) 7\n\n12. Other requirements for limited registration (s. 17(d)) 9\n\n13. Renewal of registration — other requirements (s. 22(2)(c)) 10\n\n17. Condition on limited registration (s. 25(2)) 11\n\n18. Applicant may change category of registration applied for 11\n\n19. Provision of information about eligibility for registration 12\n\n20. Registration cards 13\n\nDivision 2 — The register\n\n21A. Additional information to be recorded in register (s. 36(1)(e)) 14\n\nPart 4 — Disciplinary and impairment matters\n\n21. Public complaints 15\n\nPart 5 — Miscellaneous\n\n23. Payment of relief teachers during Board or committee meetings 16\n\n24. Retention of criminal history checks 16\n\n25. Employer to supply information about teachers 16\n\n26. Information to be given with notice when teacher ceases teaching in cases of serious incompetence or misconduct (s. 42(2)) 17\n\n27A. Notice must be given of change of name or postal or email address 19\n\n27. Board may require information to be verified by statutory declaration 19\n\n27AA. Notices from Commissioner of Police (s. 41(2) and 41A(3)) 20\n\n27AB. Notice from the Director of Public Prosecutions 20\n\n28. Fees 20\n\nSchedule 1 — Fees\n\nSchedule 2 — Forms\n\nForm 1 — Notice from Commissioner of Police under s. 41\n\nForm 2 — Notice from Commissioner of Police under s. 41A\n\nForm 3 — Notice from Director of Public Prosecutions under s. 41B\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 32\n\nOther notes 33\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nTeacher Registration Act 2012\n\nTeacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation as follows —\n\n(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the *Gazette*;\n\n(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the *Teacher Registration Act 2012* section 3 comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\nIn these regulations —\n\nAustralian Crime Commission means the Australian Crime Commission established under the *Australian Crime Commission Act 2002* (Commonwealth) section 7;\n\nNote for this definition:\n\nThe ACC or Australian Crime Commission established by the *Australian Crime Commission Act 2002* (Commonwealth) is, pursuant to the *Australian Crime Commission Regulations 2018* (Commonwealth) regulation 8, known as the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.\n\nmutual recognition principle means the principle applying to occupations as set out in Part 3 of the *Mutual Recognition Act 1992* (Commonwealth), as adopted by the *Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020* 1;\n\nprofessional learning activities means activities that are referred to in, described by or in compliance with the professional learning activities policy;\n\nregistration card means a certificate of registration issued by the Board;\n\nschool has the meaning given in the *School Education Act 1999* section 4;\n\nTrans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle means the principle applying to occupations as set out in Part 3 of the *Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997* (Commonwealth), as adopted by the *Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007*.\n\n[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 13 Aug 2013 p. 3733; SL 2023/194 r. 9; SL 2024/188 r. 4.]\n\n## Part 2 — General provisions\n\n##### 4. Prescribed actionable offences (s. 3)\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nClass 1 offence has the meaning given in the *Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004* section 7(1);\n\nClass 2 offence has the meaning given in the *Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004* section 7(2).\n\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (e) of the definition of ***actionable offence*** in section 3 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed —\n\n(a) a Class 1 offence;\n\n(b) a Class 2 offence.\n\n[Regulation 4 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 10.]\n\n##### 5. Prescribed bodies or agencies (s. 3)\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of ***criminal history check***  in section 3 of the Act, the Australian Crime Commission is prescribed.\n\n[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 10.]\n\n##### 6. Prescribed curriculum (s. 3)\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of ***educational program*** in section 3 of the Act, each of the following is a prescribed curriculum —\n\n(a) Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, part of the national education and care services quality framework and referred to in the *Education and Care Services National Regulations 2012* regulation 254(1)(a);\n\n[(b) deleted]\n\n(c) the outline of curriculum and assessment in schools established by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority under the *School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997* section 9(1)(a);\n\n(d) a course developed, or caused to be developed, by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority under the *School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997* section 9(1)(c);\n\n(e) a course accredited by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority under the *School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997* section 9(1)(d);\n\n(f) a course or part of a course recognised by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority under the *School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997* section 9(1)(e);\n\n(g) a course registered as accredited on the State Register under the *Education and Training Reform Act 2006* (Victoria) as being suitable for the purposes of a certificate in general education for adults;\n\n[(h) deleted]\n\n(i) the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme offered by the International Baccalaureate educational foundation.\n\n[Regulation 6 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 11.]\n\n##### 7. When unpaid volunteers are teaching (s. 3)\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph (b)(iv) of the definition of ***teach*** in section 3 of the Act, the delivery and assessment referred to in paragraph (a)(i) of that definition for which the unpaid volunteer is solely or principally responsible is prescribed.\n\n[Regulation 7 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 12.]\n\n##### 8. Other persons who are not teaching (s. 3)\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph (b)(v) of the definition of ***teach*** in section 3 of the Act, the following persons are prescribed —\n\n(a) an educator, as defined in the *Education and Care Services National Law (Western Australia)* section 5(1), unless the educator is an early childhood teacher, as defined in the *Education and Care Services National Regulations 2012* regulation 4(1);\n\n(b) assessors and trainers (as those terms are defined in the *Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015* made under the *National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011* (Commonwealth) section 185) when delivering and assessing, or leading the delivery and assessment of, an educational program that is included in an approved VET course (as defined in the *Vocational Education and Training Act 1996* section 5(1)).\n\n[(c), (d) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 8 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 13.]\n\n[**9.** Deleted: SL 2023/194 r. 14.]\n\n## Part 3 — Registration\n\n### Division 1 — Registration of teachers\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 28 Jan 2014 p. 177.]\n\n##### 10. English language skills for full and provisional registration (s. 15(d), 16(c) and 16A(d))\n\n(1) For the purposes of sections 15(d), 16(c) and 16A(d) of the Act, the English language skills prescribed as suitable for full or provisional registration are that the requirements of one of subregulations (2) to (4) are met in relation to the applicant.\n\n(2) The applicant has, within the period of 2 years before applying for registration under section 10 of the Act, undertaken the International English Language Testing System (Academic) test and achieved —\n\n(a) an average of level 7.5 or more across the 4 components of listening, speaking, reading and writing; and\n\n(b) no score below level 7 in any of those components; and\n\n(c) a score of level 8 or more in the components of speaking and listening.\n\n(3) The applicant has undertaken all of the components of a teaching qualification referred to in section 18A(1)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b) of the Act, as are relevant to the application, in the English language in one or more of the following countries —\n\n(a) Australia;\n\n(b) New Zealand;\n\n(c) the United Kingdom;\n\n(d) the United States of America;\n\n(e) Canada;\n\n(f) the Republic of Ireland.\n\n(4) In the opinion of the Board —\n\n(a) exceptional circumstances exist in relation to the applicant; and\n\n(b) the applicant’s English language skills, both written and oral, are suitable for registration.\n\n[Regulation 10 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 15.]\n\n##### 11. English language skills for limited registration (s. 17(c))\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 17(c) of the Act, the English language skills prescribed as suitable for limited registration are that the requirements of one of subregulations (2) to (6) are met in relation to the nominee.\n\n(2) The nominee has, within the period of 2 years before the application for registration under section 10 of the Act is made, undertaken the International English Language Testing System (Academic) test and achieved —\n\n(a) an average of level 7.5 or more across the 4 components of listening, speaking, reading and writing; and\n\n(b) no score below level 7 in any of those components; and\n\n(c) a score of level 8 or more in the components of speaking and listening.\n\n(3) The nominee has undertaken all of the components of a requirement under regulation 12(2)(a), (b) or (e), as are relevant to the application, in the English language in one or more of the following countries —\n\n(a) Australia;\n\n(b) New Zealand;\n\n(c) the United Kingdom;\n\n(d) the United States of America;\n\n(e) Canada;\n\n(f) the Republic of Ireland.\n\n(4) If the teaching position is to teach, or to teach in, a language other than English, the nominee has —\n\n(a) within the period of 2 years before the application for registration under section 10 of the Act is made, undertaken the test referred to in subregulation (2); and\n\n(b) achieved a result that the Board is satisfied is sufficient for the nominee to adequately perform the duties of the teaching position.\n\n(5) In the opinion of the Board —\n\n(a) exceptional circumstances exist in relation to the nominee; and\n\n(b) the nominee’s English language skills, both written and oral, are suitable for registration.\n\n(6) If the teaching position is to teach, or to teach in, an indigenous language —\n\n(a) the nominee is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander; and\n\n(b) the applicant has informed the Board in writing that the applicant is satisfied that the nominee’s English language skills are suitable for the teaching position.\n\n(7) In subregulation (6)(a) —\n\nAboriginal person means a person who is a descendant of the Aboriginal people of Australia;\n\nTorres Strait Islander means a person who is a descendant of the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands.\n\n[(8) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 11 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 16.]\n\n##### 12. Other requirements for limited registration (s. 17(d))\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nhigher education award has the meaning given in the *Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011* (Commonwealth) section 5;\n\noverseas higher education award has the meaning given in the *Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011* (Commonwealth) section 5.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 17(d) of the Act, a nominee offered a teaching position must meet one of the following requirements —\n\n(a) the nominee holds a qualification that is, in the Board’s opinion, a teaching qualification;\n\n(b) the nominee holds a higher education award or an overseas higher education award that is, in the Board’s opinion, relevant to the teaching position;\n\n(c) the nominee has, in the opinion of the Board, expertise or skills in a subject relevant to the teaching position;\n\n(d) the nominee is currently enrolled in an accredited initial teacher education program delivered in a manner approved by the Board for the purposes of this paragraph;\n\n(e) the nominee has successfully completed all of the course requirements for, but has not yet received, a teaching qualification —\n\n(i) from an accredited initial teacher education program; or\n\n(ii) that the Board recognises as equivalent to the qualification referred to in subparagraph (i).\n\n[Regulation 12 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 17.]\n\n##### 13. Renewal of registration — other requirements (s. 22(2)(c))\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 22(2)(c) of the Act, the requirements for the renewal of registration set out in subregulations (2), (3), (4) and (4A) are prescribed.\n\n(2) For the renewal of full registration, that the teacher has, since the registration was last granted or renewed —\n\n(a) taught —\n\n(i) for at least 100 full working days; or\n\n(ii) for a period of time that would be equivalent in hours to at least 100 full working days;\n\nand\n\n(b) undertaken at least 100 hours of professional learning activities.\n\n(3) For the renewal of provisional or limited registration that was last granted or renewed for 3 years, that the teacher has, since the registration was last granted or renewed —\n\n(a) taught —\n\n(i) for at least 60 full working days; or\n\n(ii) for a period of time that would be equivalent in hours to at least 60 full working days;\n\nand\n\n(b) undertaken at least 60 hours of professional learning activities.\n\n(4) For the renewal of provisional or limited registration that was last granted or renewed for less than 3 years, that the teacher has, since the registration was last granted or renewed —\n\n(a) taught for a period of time calculated on a pro rata basis for the period since the registration was last granted or renewed, at the rate of 20 full working days for each year; and\n\n(b) undertaken professional learning activities for a period of time calculated on a pro rata basis for the period since the registration was last granted or renewed, at the rate of 20 hours of professional learning activities for each year.\n\n(4A) For the renewal of provisional registration in the category of provisional (graduate teacher) registration, that the teacher was conferred a qualification referred to in section 18A(1)(a)(i) of the Act within the period of 5 years before the day on which the Board receives the application for renewal.\n\n(5) The requirements of subregulations (2), (3), (4) or (4A) do not apply in relation to the renewal of registration of a teacher if, in the opinion of the Board, there are sufficient reasons for those requirements not to apply.\n\n[Regulation 13 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 18.]\n\n[**14‑16.** Deleted: SL 2023/194 r. 19.]\n\n##### 17. Condition on limited registration (s. 25(2))\n\nThe limited registration of a teacher is subject to the condition that the teacher may only carry out such teaching activities as are required for the teacher to undertake the duties of the teaching position, or positions, offered to the teacher, as referred to in section 17(a) of the Act.\n\n##### 18. Applicant may change category of registration applied for\n\n(1) A person who has applied for registration in a particular category may, by written notice to the Board, change the category of registration applied for at any time before the application is granted or refused.\n\n(2) If the category of registration that an application is made in respect of is changed, as referred to in subregulation (1), the registration fee payable in respect of the application is the fee payable for the new category of registration and —\n\n(a) the applicant is to pay to the Board any additional amount necessary to pay the fee in respect of the application; or\n\n(b) the Board is to refund to the applicant any extra amount paid in respect of the application.\n\n##### 19. Provision of information about eligibility for registration\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nrelevant information means information about a matter referred to in section 24 of the Act.\n\n(2) The Board may provide written advice on the following matters to a person who is considering making an application for registration —\n\n(a) advice regarding —\n\n(i) whether or not a qualification held by the person would meet the requirement to hold a teaching qualification for registration in a particular category; and\n\n(ii) any additional qualifications required so that a person would meet the requirement to hold a teaching qualification for full or provisional registration;\n\n(b) advice regarding whether or not, taking into account the relevant information provided to the Board, a person would be a fit and proper person to be registered.\n\n(3) The Board may provide the advice referred to in subregulation (2) —\n\n(a) at the written request of a person; and\n\n(b) on payment of the relevant fee set out in Schedule 1.\n\n(4) The fee referred to in subregulation (3)(b) is not refundable.\n\n(5) For the purposes of section 24(2)(a) of the Act, the requirements are that —\n\n(a) the Board has provided advice under subregulation (2)(b) to the person that, taking into account the relevant information provided to the Board, the person would be a fit and proper person to be registered; and\n\n(b) the advice was provided to the person within 5 years before the day on which the Board receives the registration application.\n\n[(6) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 19 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 20.]\n\n##### 20. Registration cards\n\n(1) This regulation applies if the Board implements a registration card system for teachers.\n\n(2) The Board is to ensure that each teacher is given a registration card —\n\n(a) as soon as practicable after the commencement of the registration card system; and\n\n(b) on each grant or renewal of the person’s registration.\n\n(3) A registration card given to a teacher is to contain the following information about the teacher —\n\n(a) the teacher’s full name;\n\n(b) the category of registration that the teacher holds;\n\n(c) the teacher’s registration number;\n\n(d) the date of expiry of the teacher’s registration.\n\n(4) The Board may, at the request of a teacher who has lost a registration card, provide a replacement registration card on payment of the relevant fee set out in Schedule 1.\n\n### Division 2 — The register\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 28 Jan 2014 p. 177.]\n\n##### 21A. Additional information to be recorded in register (s. 36(1)(e))\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nautomatic deemed registration has the meaning given in the *Mutual Recognition Act 1992* (Commonwealth) section 42D(3).\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 36(1)(e) of the Act, the following additional information is to be recorded in the register in respect of each registered teacher —\n\n(a) the teacher’s date of birth and gender;\n\n(b) the date of expiry of the teacher’s registration;\n\n(c) the date on which the Board last determined that the teacher was a fit and proper person to be registered, in accordance with section 24 of the Act;\n\n(d) any conditions imposed on the teacher’s registration —\n\n(i) by the Board under section 26 of the Act; or\n\n(ii) by order made under Part 5 of the Act;\n\n(e) the name of each educational institution at which the teacher is currently teaching, insofar as that information is known to the Board;\n\n(f) the date on which the annual fee is next payable by the teacher;\n\n[(g) deleted]\n\n(h) whether the teacher has automatic deemed registration to teach in an educational institution in the State.\n\n[Regulation 21A inserted: Gazette 28 Jan 2014 p. 177-8; amended: SL 2022/125 r. 4; SL 2023/194 r. 21.]\n\n[**21B.** Deleted: SL 2023/194 r. 22.]\n\n## Part 4 — Disciplinary and impairment matters\n\n##### 21. Public complaints\n\nA public complaint must describe —\n\n(a) approaches made by the complainant to the teacher’s principal, supervisor or employer in an attempt to resolve the matter complained of; or\n\n(b) if the complainant has not approached the teacher’s principal, supervisor or employer regarding the matter complained of, why the complainant did not do so.\n\n[Regulation 21 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 23.]\n\n[**22.** Deleted: SL 2023/194 r. 24.]\n\n## Part 5 — Miscellaneous\n\n##### 23. Payment of relief teachers during Board or committee meetings\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\naccount means the Teacher Registration Board Account referred to in section 115 of the Act;\n\nmeeting means a meeting of the Board or a committee;\n\nrelief teacher, in relation to a member of the Board or a committee who is a registered teacher, means another registered teacher who teaches in the place of that member.\n\n(2) If moneys held in the account are applied to meet the reasonable cost of providing a relief teacher while a member of the Board or a committee is attending a meeting during school hours, then that member is not entitled to any remuneration under the Act in respect of attendance at that meeting.\n\n##### 24. Retention of criminal history checks\n\nA criminal history check obtained by the Board from the Australian Crime Commission in respect of a person under the Act, and any document or record embodying the criminal history check, must be retained by the Board for a period of 7 years from the day on which the Board last communicated with, or received communication from, the person.\n\n[Regulation 24 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 25.]\n\n##### 25. Employer to supply information about teachers\n\n(1) At the written request of the Board, an employer of registered teachers is to provide to the Board in writing —\n\n(a) a list, in accordance with subregulation (2), of each person who is currently employed by the employer to teach at each educational institution specified by the Board in the request; or\n\n(b) either, or both, as is specified in the request, of the following types of information about a person who is currently employed by the employer at an educational institution —\n\n(i) the terms and conditions on which the person is employed by the employer;\n\n(ii) a full description of the duties of the person’s position at the educational institution.\n\n(2) A list provided by an employer at the request of the Board under subregulation (1)(a) is to set out in respect of each person —\n\n(a) the person’s name and date of birth; and\n\n(b) either —\n\n(i) the category of registration that the person holds and the person’s registration number; or\n\n(ii) the reason why the employer believes that the person is not required to be registered under the Act (including a reference to the relevant provision of the Act).\n\n(3) An employer is to comply with a request by the Board under subregulation (1) within 14 days of receiving the request.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $1 000.\n\n[Regulation 25 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 26]\n\n##### 26. Information to be given with notice when teacher ceases teaching in cases of serious incompetence or misconduct (s. 42(2))\n\n(1) A notice under section 42(2) of the Act must set out the following information —\n\n(a) the full name, category of registration and registration number of the teacher to whom the notice relates;\n\n(b) the date or dates on which the teacher is suspected to have engaged in the serious misconduct, or taught with the serious incompetence, (the suspected misconduct or incompetence) to which the notice relates;\n\n(c) the location at which the suspected misconduct or incompetence is suspected to have occurred;\n\n(d) the educational institution at which the teacher was appointed, employed or engaged at the time of the suspected misconduct or incompetence;\n\n(e) the date on which the employer first considered that it had reasonable grounds to suspect that the teacher may have engaged in the suspected misconduct or incompetence;\n\n(f) the date on which any investigation by or on behalf of the employer into the suspected misconduct or incompetence was commenced;\n\n(g) the date on which the teacher was dismissed or suspended from teaching by the employer, or resigned or ceased teaching;\n\n(h) any relevant public authority that has been notified regarding the suspected misconduct or incompetence;\n\n(i) whether, to the employer’s knowledge, the teacher is currently teaching at an educational institution;\n\n(j) the full name and contact details of —\n\n(i) the employer; or\n\n(ii) a person who can be contacted on behalf of the employer in relation to the notice.\n\n(2) In subregulation (1)(h), relevant public authority includes the following —\n\n(a) the Commissioner of Police;\n\n(b) the Corruption and Crime Commission established under the *Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003*;\n\n(c) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations appointed under the *Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971*;\n\n(d) the Public Sector Commissioner;\n\n(e) the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the *Children and Community Services Act 2004*;\n\n(f) the Department.\n\n[Regulation 26 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 27.]\n\n##### 27A. Notice must be given of change of name or postal or email address\n\n(1) A registered teacher must give written notice to the Board of any change to the teacher’s registration details no later than 30 days after the change occurs.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $1 000.\n\n(2) In this regulation, a change to a teacher’s registration details occurs if there is a change to any of the following —\n\n(a) the teacher’s name as recorded in the register;\n\n(b) the teacher’s postal address as last provided to the Board;\n\n(c) the teacher’s email address as last provided to the Board;\n\n(d) the teacher’s telephone number as last provided to the Board.\n\n[Regulation 27A inserted: Gazette 13 Aug 2013 p. 3734‑5; amended: SL 2022/125 r. 5; SL 2023/194 r. 28.]\n\n##### 27. Board may require information to be verified by statutory declaration\n\nAn applicant, or other person supplying information to the Board under the Act or these regulations, is to verify the information by statutory declaration if required by the Board to do so.\n\n##### 27AA. Notices from Commissioner of Police (s. 41(2) and 41A(3))\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 41(2) of the Act, the prescribed form is Form 1 in Schedule 2.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 41A(3) of the Act, the prescribed form is Form 2 in Schedule 2.\n\n[Regulation 27AA inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 29.]\n\n##### 27AB. Notice from the Director of Public Prosecutions\n\nFor the purposes of section 41B(2) of the Act, the prescribed form is Form 3 in Schedule 2.\n\n[Regulation 27AB inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 29.]\n\n##### 28. Fees\n\n(1) The fees set out in Schedule 1 are prescribed in respect of the matters specified in that Schedule.\n\n(2) A fee set out in Schedule 1 items 1 to 5B is payable by the applicant.\n\n(3) If a person who applies for registration has paid a fee set out in Schedule 1 item 11 for advice about whether or not the person has particular requirements for registration, then the fee payable for the application is reduced by the amount of the fee paid for the advice provided that the application for registration is made within 2 years of the person receiving the advice.\n\n(4) The annual fee set out in Schedule 1 item 6 —\n\n(a) is payable by 31 March in each year; and\n\n(b) may be paid in advance for some or all of the period of registration.\n\n(5) Despite subregulation (4)(a), an annual fee for a particular year may be paid between 1 April and 30 April in that year if it is accompanied by the late payment processing fee set out in Schedule 1 item 9.\n\n(6) If a person who had paid an annual fee in advance ceases to be registered for the whole of a year in respect of which the annual fee has been paid in advance, the Board is to refund to the person the annual fee for that year.\n\n(7) For the avoidance of doubt, a fee prescribed in respect of registration, including an application for registration, applies also in respect of registration under section 137 of the Act.\n\n[Regulation 28 amended: SL 2023/194 r. 30.]\n\n[Part 6 (r. 29‑34)deleted: SL 2023/194 r. 31.]\n\nSchedule 1 — Fees\n\n[r. 28]\n\n[Heading inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 32.]\n\n|  | **Type of fee** | **Provision    of Act or regulations** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | Fee payable by a person who applies for provisional registration — | s. 10(2)(e) |  |\n|  | (a) if the applicant has a teaching qualification from an accredited initial teacher education program |  | $140 |\n|  | (b) if the applicant has a teaching qualification conferred in Australia or New Zealand that the applicant wishes the Board to recognise as equivalent to a teaching qualification from an accredited initial teacher education program |  | $140 |\n|  | (c) if the applicant has a teaching qualification conferred in a country other than Australia or New Zealand that the applicant wishes the Board to recognise as equivalent to a teaching qualification from an accredited initial teacher education program |  | $473 |\n|  | (d) if the applicant has a teaching qualification conferred in a country other than Australia or New Zealand and is a registered teacher, formerly registered teacher or WACOT teacher (as that term is defined in section 149A of the Act) |  | $140 |\n|  | (e) if the application is in accordance with the mutual recognition principle or the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle |  | $140 |\n|  | (f) if the applicant holds full or provisional or non‑practising registration |  | $56 |\n| 2. | Fee payable by a person who applies for full registration — | s. 10(2)(e) |  |\n|  | (a) if the applicant has a teaching qualification from an accredited initial teacher education program |  | $178 |\n|  | (b) if the applicant has a teaching qualification conferred in Australia or New Zealand that the applicant wishes the Board to recognise as equivalent to a teaching qualification from an accredited initial teacher education program |  | $178 |\n|  | (c) if the applicant has a teaching qualification conferred in a country other than Australia or New Zealand that the applicant wishes the Board to recognise as equivalent to a teaching qualification from an accredited initial teacher education program |  | $508 |\n|  | (d) if the applicant has a teaching qualification conferred in a country other than Australia or New Zealand and is a registered teacher, formerly registered teacher or WACOT teacher (as that term is defined in section 149A of the Act) |  | $178 |\n|  | (e) if the application is in accordance with the mutual recognition principle or the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle |  | $140 |\n|  | (f) if the applicant holds provisional or non‑practising registration |  | $56 |\n| 3. | Fee payable by a person who applies for limited registration — | s. 10(2)(e) |  |\n|  | (a) if the application (current application) involves a nominee who was granted limited registration, or for whom an application for limited registration was made, during the period of 12 months immediately before the day on which the current application is made |  | no fee |\n|  | (b) if the application involves a nominee participating in a teacher exchange program approved by the Board for the purpose of this item |  | no fee |\n|  | (c) otherwise |  | $235 |\n| 5. | Fee payable by a person who applies for the renewal of registration | s. 11(2)(d) | $56 |\n| 5A. | Fee payable by a person who applies to change a registered teacher’s category of registration — | s. 12A(2)(e) |  |\n|  | (a) if the application is to change from full registration to non‑practising registration |  | no fee |\n|  | (b) if the application is to change from provisional registration to full registration |  | $56 |\n|  | (c) if the application is to change from provisional registration to non‑practising registration |  | no fee |\n|  | (d) if the application is to change from non-practising registration to full registration |  | $56 |\n|  | (e) if the application is to change from non-practising registration to provisional registration |  | $56 |\n| 5B. | Fee payable by a person who applies under section 26(2) of the Act to modify or cancel a condition on a teacher’s registration — | s. 128(2)(i) |  |\n|  | (a) if the application is to modify a condition on limited registration |  | $56 |\n|  | (b) otherwise |  | no fee |\n| 6. | Annual fee — | s. 35 |  |\n|  | (a) for the first year after registration is granted if it is granted in January, February, March, October, November or December |  | $47 |\n|  | (b) otherwise |  | $95 |\n| 7. | Fee payable by a person for a criminal history check, obtained by the Board with consent of the person under section 44 of the Act | s. 128(2)(i) | $59 |\n| 8. | Fee payable by a person who applies for a certified copy of the register or an entry in the register for the copy | s. 37(5) | $59 per entry up to a maximum fee of $170 |\n| 9. | Late payment processing fee | r. 28(5) | $59 |\n| 10. | Fee payable for a replacement registration card | r. 20(4) | $59 |\n| 11. | Fee payable by a person seeking advice about additional qualifications required for registration | r. 19(2)(a)(i) or (ii) | $330 |\n| 12. | Fee payable by a person seeking advice about being a fit and proper person to be registered | r. 19(2)(b) | $59 |\n\n\n[Schedule 1 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 32.]\n\nSchedule 2 — Forms\n\n[r. 27AA and 27AB]\n\n[Heading inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 32.]\n\nForm 1 — Notice from Commissioner of Police under s. 41\n\n- Notice from Commissioner of\nPolice about prosecution of registered teacherSection 41Teacher Registration Act 2012 Teacher Registration Boardof Western Australia\n- **To** Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia\n- **By post**Teacher Registration Board of WAInvestigations & Compliance BranchP.O. Box 3019EAST PERTH WA 6892 **By email**icb@trb.education.wa.edu.au\n- **From** Commissioner of Police\n- **Details of accused/offender**\n- **Full name** **D.O.B.**\n- **Residential address**\n- **Employer**\n- **Details of notification**\n- **Circumstance that has occurred** □ A registered teacher was charged with an actionable offence.□ A registered teacher was convicted or found guilty of an indictable offence dealt with summarily.□ Charges were discontinued or there was a mistrial or acquittal in relation to an actionable offence.\n- ***actionable offence*** is defined in the *Teacher Registration Act 2012* section 3 to mean — (a) an offence that, on conviction, would result in the person charged being a child sex offender; or(b) a sexual offence committed against or in respect of a child; or(c) a sexual offence committed when a child was present, or within sight of a child; or(d) an offence the commission of which used or involved material the production of which involved a sexual offence against or in respect of a child; or(e) an offence prescribed for the purposes of this definition.\n- **Details of charges / convictions**\n- **Date of alleged conduct** *Include range of dates (if applicable)*\n- **Incident report no.**\n- **Charges / convictions***Include Act and section*\n- **Court**\n- **Convicted / found guilty****Date****Sentence** *Provide the sentence for each charge and the aggregate sentence (if applicable)*\n- **Particulars of offence/s**\n- *Insert here or attach the Statement of Material Facts (if available)*\n- The matter has been reported to the Working with Children Screening Unit □ Yes □ No\n- Full name of notifier\n- Position/rank\n- Station/squad/location\n- Contact number Email\n- Date\n\n\nForm 2 — Notice from Commissioner of Police under s. 41A\n\n- Notice from Commissioner of Police of identifying informationSection 41ATeacher Registration Act 2012 Teacher Registration Boardof Western Australia\n- **To** Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia\n- **By post**Teacher Registration Board of WAInvestigations & Compliance BranchP.O. Box 3019EAST PERTH WA 6892 **By email**icb@trb.education.wa.edu.au\n- **From** Commissioner of Police\n- **Details of registered teacher the subject of prosecution**\n- **Full name:**\n- **Date of birth:**\n- **Identifying information**\n- Name Date of birth Address Phone no. Email\n- Full name of notifier\n- Position/rank\n- Station/squad/location\n- Contact number Email\n- Date\n\n\nForm 3 — Notice from Director of Public Prosecutions under s. 41B\n\n- Notice from Director of Public ProsecutionsSection 41BTeacher Registration Act 2012 Teacher Registration Boardof Western Australia\n- Information below is subject to the *Evidence Act 1996* section 36C and is not for publication.\n- **To** Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia\n- **By post**Teacher Registration Board of WAInvestigations & Compliance BranchPO Box 3019EAST PERTH WA 6892 **By email**icb@trb.education.wa.edu.au\n- **From** Director of Public Prosecutions **ODPP reference**\n- **Details of accused/offender**\n- **Full name** **D.O.B.**\n- **Residential address**\n- **Details of notification**\n- **Circumstance that has occurred** □ A registered teacher was convicted or found guilty of an indictable offence.□ All charges of actionable offences against a registered teacher were discontinued.□ A registered teacher was acquitted, or there was a mistrial, in relation to an actionable offence.\n- ***actionable offence*** is defined in the *Teacher Registration Act 2012* section 3 to mean —(a) an offence that, on conviction, would result in the person charged being a child sex offender; or(b) a sexual offence committed against or in respect of a child; or(c) a sexual offence committed when a child was present, or within sight of a child; or(d) an offence the commission of which used or involved material the production of which involved a sexual offence against or in respect of a child; or(e) an offence prescribed for the purposes of [the] definition.\n- **Details of charges/convictions**\n- **Date of alleged conduct** *Include range of dates (if applicable)*\n- **Police brief no.**\n- **Charges / convictions***Include Act and section*\n- **Court**\n- **Date of finding**\n- **Details of sentence** *Provide the sentence for each charge and the aggregate sentence (if applicable). Continue over page if required.*\n- **Further information if required**\n- Full name of notifier\n- Position\n- Office/Location\n- Contact number Email\n- Date\n\n\n[Schedule 2 inserted: SL 2023/194 r. 32; amended: SL 2024/188 r. 5.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012* | 16 Nov 2012 p. 5571-609 | r. 1 and 2: 16 Nov 2012 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 7 Dec 2012 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 16 Nov 2012 p. 5637) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations 2013* | 7 May 2013 p. 1903-4 | 7 May 2013 (see note under r. 1) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2013* | 13 Aug 2013 p. 3733-6 | r. 1 and 2: 13 Aug 2013 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 14 Aug 2013 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations 2014* | 28 Jan 2014 p. 177-9 | r. 1 and 2: 28 Jan 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 10 Feb 2014 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2014* | 1 Jul 2014 p. 2339‑40 | r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations 2015* | 13 Mar 2015 p. 849 | r. 1 and 2: 13 Mar 2015 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 14 Mar 2015 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2015* | 12 Jun 2015 p. 2024‑5 | r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2015 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012* as at 7 Aug 2015** (includes amendments listed above) | | |\n| *Teacher Registration Regulations (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2016* Pt. 2 | 14 Jun 2016 p. 1823‑5 | 1 Jul 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Education and Training Regulations Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2017* Pt. 4 | 27 Jun 2017 p. 3416‑19 | 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Education and Training Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2018* Pt. 2 | 31 Jul 2018 p. 2711-15 | 1 Aug 2018 (see r. 2(b)(ii)) |\n| *Education and Training Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2022* Pt. 5 | SL 2022/61 3 Jun 2022 | 1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations 2022* | SL 2022/125 30 Jun 2022 | r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2022 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Education Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2023* Pt. 6 | SL 2023/67 16 Jun 2023 | 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration Regulations Amendment Regulations 2023* Pt. 3 | SL 2023/194 13 Dec 2023 | 19 Dec 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Teacher Registration (General) Amendment Regulations 2024* | SL 2024/188 18 Sep 2024 | r. 1 and 2: 18 Sep 2024 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 19 Sep 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\n\nOther notes\n\n1 The *Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020* (Act No. 44 of 2020) commenced on 1 Mar 2021 and adopts the *Mutual Recognition Act 1992* (Commonwealth) (see s. 4 of that Act).\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nAboriginal person 11(7)\n\naccount 23(1)\n\nAustralian Crime Commission 3\n\nautomatic deemed registration 21A(1)\n\nClass 1 offence 4(1)\n\nClass 2 offence 4(1)\n\nhigher education award 12(1)\n\nmeeting 23(1)\n\nmutual recognition principle 3\n\noverseas higher education award 12(1)\n\nprofessional learning activities 3\n\nregistration card 3\n\nrelevant information 19(1)\n\nrelevant public authority 26(2)\n\nrelief teacher 23(1)\n\nschool 3\n\nsuspected misconduct or incompetence 26(1)\n\nTorres Strait Islander 11(7)\n\nTrans-Tasman mutual recognition principle 3\n\n© State of Western Australia 2024.\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2024.\n\nBy Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations appear to maintain their original scope as operational details supporting the Teacher Registration Act 2012. While they have been amended multiple times (as shown in the compilation table), these amendments appear to update fees, refine definitions, and clarify procedures rather than expanding the legislation into new policy areas. The core functions—registration standards, renewal requirements, and disciplinary reporting—remain consistent with the original intent of regulating who may teach in WA."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to the Teacher Registration Act 2012 and other legislation (School Education Act, Working with Children Act, etc.)","Nested conditional logic for English language requirements (regulations 10-11) with multiple alternative pathways and exceptions","Pro-rata calculations for renewal requirements based on registration duration (regulation 13)","Detailed fee structure with 12 different fee categories and multiple sub-conditions (Schedule 1)","Specific evidentiary requirements for employer notifications of misconduct (regulation 26 with 10 mandatory data points)","Integration with mutual recognition schemes (interstate and NZ) requiring knowledge of external Commonwealth legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the detailed rules for how teachers get registered (licensed) to work in Western Australian schools and early childhood settings. They explain who qualifies, what English language tests are needed, how much it costs, and what paperwork employers must fill out.\n\n**Key things the regulations do:**\n\n*   **Define who needs to register and who doesn't** — clarifying that most people teaching kids need to be registered, but excluding certain volunteers, VET trainers, and early childhood educators (unless they're early childhood teachers).\n*   **Set English language requirements** — teachers generally need IELTS scores of 7.5 overall (with no band below 7, and 8+ in speaking and listening), unless they studied in English-speaking countries like Australia, NZ, UK, US, Canada or Ireland. There are exceptions for Indigenous language teachers and cases of \"exceptional circumstances.\"\n*   **Create a pathway for \"limited registration\"** — allowing people without full teaching qualifications (but with relevant degrees or expertise) to teach specific subjects under supervision, with conditions attached.\n*   **Set renewal requirements** — fully registered teachers must have taught at least 100 days and done 100 hours of professional learning in their registration period; provisional and limited registration requires 60 days/60 hours (or pro-rata for shorter periods).\n*   **Prescribe fees** — ranging from $56 for renewals up to $508 for overseas-trained teachers seeking full registration, plus annual fees of $47-$95.\n*   **Require employers to report misconduct** — schools must notify the Teacher Registration Board when a teacher leaves due to serious incompetence or misconduct, providing specific details including dates, locations, and whether authorities like police were notified.\n*   **Set up information sharing** — requiring police and the DPP to use specific forms when notifying the Board about teacher prosecutions or convictions.\n\n**Who it affects:** Anyone wanting to teach in WA, schools and early learning centres that employ teachers, and the Teacher Registration Board itself."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations primarily refine and operationalise the Teacher Registration Act 2012 rather than expanding its statutory scope. Amendments since enactment have added technical detail (prescribing certain offences under the Act's definition of 'actionable offence', naming the Australian Crime Commission for criminal-history checks, specifying English-language and qualification pathways, detailing register entries, setting retention periods for criminal-history checks, and updating fees and forms). Those changes increase regulatory detail and administrative obligations but remain within the Act’s original purpose of setting registration standards, record‑keeping and disciplinary/notification procedures."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to other statutes (Working with Children (Screening) Act, Australian Crime Commission Act, Mutual Recognition Act, Trans‑Tasman Act, School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act and others).","Approximately 20 defined terms in the interpretation/defined‑terms list, used across the regulations (e.g. 'professional learning activities', 'automatic deemed registration', 'Class 1/2 offence').","Conditional eligibility rules with multiple alternative pathways (English‑language evidence in regs 10–11 has 3–4 alternative tests including Board discretion).","Pro rata calculations and differing thresholds by registration category and by length of previous registration (reg 13(2)–(4) and (4A)).","Multiple discretionary gates giving the Board judgment-based powers (recognising equivalence, \"fit and proper\" advice, waiving renewal requirements, exceptional circumstances exceptions — regs 10(4), 11(5), 13(5), 19).","Detailed administrative requirements and timeframes (employer obligations to respond within 14 days; 30‑day notice from teachers; 7‑year retention of criminal history checks).","A multi‑tiered fee schedule with conditional fees and offsets (Schedule 1 contains many items and conditional fee reductions, e.g. fee offsets for prior paid advice).","Prescribed forms and reporting pathways for police and DPP notifications (Schedule 2), adding procedural specificity.","Several deleted or amended provisions across multiple amendment instruments — requires reading compilation notes to understand current text.","Interplay between registration categories (full, provisional, limited, non‑practising), limited‑registration conditions, and mutual‑recognition provisions creates complexity in cross-border recognition scenarios (regs 17, 21A, Schedule 1 items referencing mutual recognition)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)\n\n- Sets detailed rules that operate under the Teacher Registration Act 2012 for Western Australia. It does not create registration categories (that is in the Act) but prescribes how those categories are applied and administered.\n\n- Defines or prescribes key terms and external bodies relied on by the Act, including the Australian Crime Commission for criminal-history checks and specified curricula that count as \"educational programs\" (regs 3, 5, 6).\n\n- Specifies English-language evidence required for different categories of registration (full/provisional: alternatives including a high IELTS Academic score, prior study in certain English-speaking countries, or Board discretion; limited registration: similar rules with additional pathways for indigenous-language teaching) (regs 10–11).\n\n- Sets other eligibility rules for limited registration (e.g. recognised teaching qualification, relevant higher-education award, enrolment in an accredited initial teacher education program, or demonstrated subject expertise) (reg 12).\n\n- Lays down renewal conditions based on minimum recent teaching time and professional learning hours, with pro rata rules for shorter registration periods and a Board power to waive requirements where there are sufficient reasons (reg 13).\n\n- Prescribes what limited registration is allowed to cover (only duties required for the specified teaching position) and permits applicants to change the category applied for before a decision; it also allows the Board to require statutory-declaration verification of information (regs 17–19, 27).\n\n- Requires the Board (if it operates a card system) to issue registration cards with set information and enables replacement cards for a fee (reg 20).\n\n- Specifies additional register entries the Board must keep (date of birth, gender, expiry, last \"fit and proper\" determination, current employers known to the Board, conditions on registration, automatic deemed registration) (reg 21A).\n\n- Imposes procedural requirements on public complaints (must explain prior attempts to resolve with employer or why not) and prescribes the content of employer notices when a teacher ceases because of serious misconduct or incompetence (regs 21, 26).\n\n- Requires employers, on written request, to supply lists and/or details about teachers they employ (name, DOB and registration details or reason not required to be registered) within 14 days; non‑compliance attracts a $1,000 fine (reg 25).\n\n- Prescribes retention of criminal-history checks obtained from the Australian Crime Commission for 7 years from last Board contact (reg 24).\n\n- Sets the forms for police and DPP notices to the Board and prescribes a schedule of fees for applications, renewals, criminal-history checks, copies of register entries and other services (regs 27AA–27AB, 28; Schedule 1).\n\n\nWho this affects (actors and flows)\n\n- Individual teachers and teacher applicants: must meet English and qualification requirements appropriate to the registration category, keep the Board informed of contact details within 30 days (failure = $1,000 fine, reg 27A), may need to provide statutory declarations, and pay application/annual/other fees (regs 10–13, 19, 20, 27, 28; Schedule 1).\n\n- Employers and education institutions: must respond to Board requests for lists and employment details within 14 days and must notify the Board with prescribed detail when a teacher ceases because of suspected serious misconduct or incompetence (regs 25, 26).\n\n- The Teacher Registration Board: decides equivalence of qualifications, fitness-to-practise conclusions, exceptional-circumstances exemptions, and records and keeps prescribed data in the register (regs 19, 21A, 13(5), 10(4), 11(5)).\n\n- Law enforcement and prosecuting authorities (Police, DPP): required to use prescribed forms when notifying the Board of prosecutions, convictions or discontinued charges involving teachers (regs 27AA, 27AB; Schedule 2).\n\n\nWhy it matters (stated purpose and practical effects, with trade-offs)\n\n- Purpose-claims: The regulations operationalise the Act by prescribing evidence, processes, forms and fees intended to ensure teachers meet language, qualification and conduct standards and that the Board can investigate and maintain an accurate register (see regs 10–13, 21A, 24, 26, 28).\n\n- Costs and who pays: applicants pay application and renewal fees and fees for services (Schedule 1). Employers bear the administrative cost of compiling lists and providing information on request (reg 25). The Board bears the cost of maintaining records and administering criminal-history checks and may recover some costs via fees (reg 28). There is a statutory fine for certain non-compliance by employers and teachers ($1,000) (regs 25, 27A).\n\n- Incentives and behavioural effects: the prescribed English tests, qualification-recognition pathways and fees shape the supply of teachers — particularly overseas applicants who must meet testing or pay higher fees (regs 10–12; Schedule 1 items 1–3). The limited-registration condition restricts those teachers to duties tied to a named position, which narrows scope for casual/shifted duties (reg 17). Employer reporting requirements increase information flow to the Board but create an administrative compliance burden (regs 25, 26).\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and uncertainty: the Board has multiple judgement-based powers (deciding if a foreign qualification is a teaching qualification, assessing \"fit and proper\", recognising equivalence, and waiving renewal conditions for sufficient reasons). Those discretionary points create case-by-case uncertainty for applicants and employers (regs 12, 19, 13(5), 10(4), 11(5)).\n\n- Compliance burden and operational risks: statutory-declaration requirements, a 7-year retention rule for criminal-history checks, and tight timeframes for employers to respond (14 days) impose record-keeping and legal-compliance costs (regs 24, 25, 27). The Board’s decision to implement a registration card system would add an administrative step (reg 20).\n\n- Substitution and market effects: stricter or more costly entry routes for overseas teachers (testing, higher fees, equivalence assessments) can reduce the pool of eligible teachers, which could increase recruitment costs for employers or shift them to alternative staffing solutions (e.g. local hiring, temporary relief teachers subject to limited registration) (regs 10–13; Schedule 1).\n\n\nImplementation and enforcement mechanics (who decides, who pays, what changes)\n\n- Who decides: The Teacher Registration Board exercises assessment, equivalence and exemption powers; police and DPP supply formal notices; employers report and supply evidence to the Board (regs 19, 27AA–27AB, 25, 26).\n\n- Who pays: applicants pay fees (Schedule 1); employers bear costs of compiling and sending required data; the Board pays for or arranges criminal-history checks (fees may be charged) (reg 28; Schedule 1).\n\n- Behaviour changes: applicants will present specified English and qualification evidence; employers will build processes to respond to Board requests and to report serious misconduct matters in the prescribed form and detail; teachers will keep contact details current and may face limits under limited registration.\n\n\nImmediate legal levers and penalties\n\n- Failure by an employer to comply with an information request within 14 days: fine of $1,000 (reg 25).\n- Teachers must notify changes to name/address/contacts within 30 days or face a fine of $1,000 (reg 27A).\n- Fees are enforceable as set in Schedule 1 (reg 28).\n\n\nSources cited in this summary: Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012 — regs 3, 4–8, 10–13, 17–21A, 23–28; Schedules 1–2.\n"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative content was available. The source material is a broken webpage, not the regulations themselves."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was available for analysis — only an error/redirect page was provided","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the actual text","Score of 1 reflects the simplicity of the content actually provided (a website error message), not the underlying legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation could be analysed.**\n\nThe page provided does not contain any actual legislative text. Instead, it shows an error message from the Western Australian legislation website indicating that the page for the *Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012* is **no longer available** due to system upgrades.\n\n**What we do know from the title alone:**\n- This is a Western Australian regulation (subordinate law made under a parent Act)\n- It relates to the registration of teachers in Western Australia\n- It was made in 2012\n- It would likely affect teachers, school employers, and the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia\n\n**To find the actual legislation**, visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for *Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012* directly using the search function."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012","history":"/api/acts/teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/teacher-registration-general-regulations-2012/documents"}}