Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.304Conduct of election for new board before commencement
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sec.304 Conduct of election for new board before commencement
The purpose of this section is to allow the former board and the former director to conduct, before the commencement, an election of practising teachers for the purpose of making an appointment of members of the new board under section 239(1)(j) to take effect on 1 January 2006. For conducting the election— the former board may perform the functions and exercise the powers of the college or the new board under this Act; and the former director may perform the functions and exercise the powers of the director under this Act; and a person recorded in the register of teachers kept under the repealed Act as having full registration or provisional registration is taken to be a registered teacher under this Act. An election conducted under this section is taken to be an election for section 239(1)(j). This section applies in addition to, but does not limit, the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 17. In this section— former director means the director under the repealed Act. (sec.304-ssec.1) The purpose of this section is to allow the former board and the former director to conduct, before the commencement, an election of practising teachers for the purpose of making an appointment of members of the new board under section 239(1)(j) to take effect on 1 January 2006. (sec.304-ssec.2) For conducting the election— the former board may perform the functions and exercise the powers of the college or the new board under this Act; and the former director may perform the functions and exercise the powers of the director under this Act; and a person recorded in the register of teachers kept under the repealed Act as having full registration or provisional registration is taken to be a registered teacher under this Act. (sec.304-ssec.3) An election conducted under this section is taken to be an election for section 239(1)(j). (sec.304-ssec.4) This section applies in addition to, but does not limit, the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 17. (sec.304-ssec.5) In this section— former director means the director under the repealed Act.
- (a) the former board may perform the functions and exercise the powers of the college or the new board under this Act; and
- (b) the former director may perform the functions and exercise the powers of the director under this Act; and
- (c) a person recorded in the register of teachers kept under the repealed Act as having full registration or provisional registration is taken to be a registered teacher under this Act.