sec.14Application for registration or permission to teach

sec.14 Application for registration or permission to teach

A person, other than an excluded person, may apply to the college for any of the following— full registration; provisional registration; permission to teach. The application must— be in the approved form; and be accompanied by each of the following— the documents or information on which the person relies to establish the person meets the eligibility requirements, other than the eligibility requirement mentioned in section 8 (1) (c) or section 9 (1) (c) ; other documents or information, identified in the approved form, reasonably required by the college to decide the application; any registration application fee or permission to teach application fee prescribed under a regulation; the registration fee or permission to teach fee prescribed under a regulation; and be accompanied by the following— for an applicant who is the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 — if there is no police information about the applicant—the employment-screening fee; or if there is police information about the applicant—the criminal history check fee; for another applicant—the criminal history check fee. Also, the application must comply with any other requirements prescribed under a regulation. The approved form may require disclosure of police information about the person. If the approved form requires the disclosure of police information about the person, the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 does not apply to the disclosure. Information contained in or accompanying the application must, if required by the college, be verified by statutory declaration. Subsection (8) applies if— the person is the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; and the application was accompanied by the employment-screening fee and not the criminal history check fee; and before the application is decided, the college— is given advice by the chief executive (employment screening) under section 15D (2) (c) ; or otherwise becomes aware there is police information about the person. The college may— by notice ask the person to pay the criminal history check fee; and defer deciding the application until the criminal history check fee is paid. For subsection (8) , it is immaterial whether or not there was police information about the person when the application was made. In this section— employment-screening fee means the fee prescribed by regulation under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 for obtaining information from the chief executive (employment screening) under section 15D . s 14 amd 2010 No. 4 s 9 ; 2010 No. 5 s 174 ; 2011 No. 39 s 16 ; 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1 ; 2019 No. 18 s 86 (2) sch 2 ; 2024 No. 49 s 130 sch 4 pt 2 (sec.14-ssec.1) A person, other than an excluded person, may apply to the college for any of the following— full registration; provisional registration; permission to teach. (sec.14-ssec.2) The application must— be in the approved form; and be accompanied by each of the following— the documents or information on which the person relies to establish the person meets the eligibility requirements, other than the eligibility requirement mentioned in section 8 (1) (c) or section 9 (1) (c) ; other documents or information, identified in the approved form, reasonably required by the college to decide the application; any registration application fee or permission to teach application fee prescribed under a regulation; the registration fee or permission to teach fee prescribed under a regulation; and be accompanied by the following— for an applicant who is the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 — if there is no police information about the applicant—the employment-screening fee; or if there is police information about the applicant—the criminal history check fee; for another applicant—the criminal history check fee. (sec.14-ssec.3) Also, the application must comply with any other requirements prescribed under a regulation. (sec.14-ssec.4) The approved form may require disclosure of police information about the person. (sec.14-ssec.5) If the approved form requires the disclosure of police information about the person, the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 does not apply to the disclosure. (sec.14-ssec.6) Information contained in or accompanying the application must, if required by the college, be verified by statutory declaration. (sec.14-ssec.7) Subsection (8) applies if— the person is the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; and the application was accompanied by the employment-screening fee and not the criminal history check fee; and before the application is decided, the college— is given advice by the chief executive (employment screening) under section 15D (2) (c) ; or otherwise becomes aware there is police information about the person. (sec.14-ssec.8) The college may— by notice ask the person to pay the criminal history check fee; and defer deciding the application until the criminal history check fee is paid. (sec.14-ssec.9) For subsection (8) , it is immaterial whether or not there was police information about the person when the application was made. (sec.14-ssec.10) In this section— employment-screening fee means the fee prescribed by regulation under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 for obtaining information from the chief executive (employment screening) under section 15D .