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#### 29 Provisions relating to employment
29 Provisions relating to employment
> > (1) The employment of a person as a teacher may be terminated by the person’s employer if the person’s accreditation is revoked under this Act.
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> > (2) A person who is required to be accredited may be suspended from employment as a teacher by the person’s employer during any period in which the person’s accreditation is suspended.
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> > (3) A person who is suspended from employment as a teacher under this section for any period is, for the purposes of section 28 (2), taken not to be employed as a teacher during that period.
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> > (4) Nothing in this Act requires an employer who terminates or suspends the employment of a person as a teacher in accordance with this Act to provide alternative employment to the person.
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> > (5) This section does not apply in relation to a person who is employed as a teacher in a government school.
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> The Secretary may, under section 77 of the [Teaching Service Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1980-023), suspend or terminate a person’s employment in the Teaching Service if the person’s accreditation is suspended or revoked.
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> **s 29:** Am 2008 No 120, Sch 1 \[14\]. Subst 2014 No 68, Sch 1 \[41\]. Am 2018 No 3, Sch 3 \[1\] \[2\].