Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.78Requirement for employing authority to notify college about certain dismissals
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sec.78 Requirement for employing authority to notify college about certain dismissals
This section applies if— an employing authority for a prescribed school dismisses a relevant teacher of the prescribed school in circumstances that, in the opinion of the employing authority, call into question the teacher’s competency to be employed as a teacher; and a notice is not required to be given under sections 76 and 77 . The employing authority must, within 14 days after the day notice of the dismissal was given to the teacher, give notice of the dismissal to the college. 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 notice of the dismissal was given to the relevant teacher and the day the dismissal takes or took effect; the reasons given by the employing authority for the dismissal. s 78 amd 2010 No. 41 s 17 ; 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 (sec.78-ssec.1) This section applies if— an employing authority for a prescribed school dismisses a relevant teacher of the prescribed school in circumstances that, in the opinion of the employing authority, call into question the teacher’s competency to be employed as a teacher; and a notice is not required to be given under sections 76 and 77 . (sec.78-ssec.2) The employing authority must, within 14 days after the day notice of the dismissal was given to the teacher, give notice of the dismissal to the college. 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.78-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 notice of the dismissal was given to the relevant teacher and the day the dismissal takes or took effect; the reasons given by the employing authority for the dismissal.
- (a) an employing authority for a prescribed school dismisses a relevant teacher of the prescribed school in circumstances that, in the opinion of the employing authority, call into question the teacher’s competency to be employed as a teacher; and
- (b) a notice is not required to be given under sections 76 and 77 .
- (a) 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;