sec.76Requirement for employing authority to notify college about particular allegations

sec.76 Requirement for employing authority to notify college about particular allegations

This section applies if the employing authority for a prescribed school deals with an allegation of harm caused, or likely to be caused, to a child because of the conduct of a relevant teacher of the prescribed school. The employing authority must, as soon as practicable after starting to deal with the allegation, give notice to the college of that fact. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, each executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 228 , to have also committed the offence. The notice must include the following— the name of the employing authority and, if the name of the authority is different to the name of the prescribed school, the name of the prescribed school; the name of the relevant teacher; the day the employing authority started dealing with the allegation; the allegation, particulars of the allegation and any other relevant information; details about what actions the employing authority has taken to deal with the allegation. For subsection (1) , an employing authority deals with an allegation if the employing authority takes action in relation to the allegation, including by— investigating, inquiring into, or examining the allegation; or referring the allegation to another entity to investigate, inquire into, examine or otherwise deal with. s 76 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1; 2016 No. 46 s 45 (sec.76-ssec.1) This section applies if the employing authority for a prescribed school deals with an allegation of harm caused, or likely to be caused, to a child because of the conduct of a relevant teacher of the prescribed school. (sec.76-ssec.2) The employing authority must, as soon as practicable after starting to deal with the allegation, give notice to the college of that fact. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, each executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 228 , to have also committed the offence. (sec.76-ssec.3) The notice must include the following— the name of the employing authority and, if the name of the authority is different to the name of the prescribed school, the name of the prescribed school; the name of the relevant teacher; the day the employing authority started dealing with the allegation; the allegation, particulars of the allegation and any other relevant information; details about what actions the employing authority has taken to deal with the allegation. (sec.76-ssec.4) For subsection (1) , an employing authority deals with an allegation if the employing authority takes action in relation to the allegation, including by— investigating, inquiring into, or examining the allegation; or referring the allegation to another entity to investigate, inquire into, examine or otherwise deal with.