30Provisional accreditation

#### 30 Provisional accreditation 30 Provisional accreditation > > (1) The Authority may, on application by a person who is required to be accredited— > > > > > (a) provisionally accredit the person, or > > > > > (b) refuse to provisionally accredit the person. > > > (2) The Authority may provisionally accredit a person if the Authority is satisfied that— > > > > > (a) the person meets the requirements specified in the professional teaching standards for provisional accreditation, and > > > > > (b) the person has completed an approved course and will receive a qualification in relation to that course. > > > (3) In the case of a person referred to in subsection (2) (b), it is a condition of a person’s provisional accreditation that the person provides the Authority with evidence of the person’s qualification as soon as practicable after receiving his or her qualification in relation to the approved course. > > > (4) The Authority may also provisionally accredit a person who is conditionally accredited if the person— > > > > > (a) has completed an approved course, and > > > > > (b) has provided the Authority with evidence of that completion. > > > (5) The provisional accreditation of a person ceases (unless sooner revoked under this Act)— > > > > > (a) at the end of the relevant period, or > > > > > (b) if the person is accredited at proficient teacher level before the end of the relevant period. > > > (6) In this section— > > > > relevant period, in relation to a person who is provisionally accredited under this section, means— > > > > > (a) if the person is employed on a full-time basis—the period of 3 years (or such longer period as may be determined by the Authority in any particular case) following the date on which the person was provisionally accredited, or > > > > > (b) if the person is employed on a casual or part-time basis— > > > > > > > (i) the period determined in accordance with the regulations to be commensurate with the 3-year period for persons employed on a full-time basis, or > > > > > > > (ii) such longer period as may be determined by the Authority in any particular case, > > > > > > following the date on which the person was provisionally accredited. > > > (7) However, any period during which a person’s accreditation is placed on hold under section 24D is to be disregarded for the purposes of determining the relevant period for a person. > > **s 30:** Subst 2014 No 68, Sch 1 \[41\]. Am 2021 No 41, Sch 1\[23\] \[24\].