78Monitoring of compliance

78 Monitoring of compliance (1) By the end of the first term in each school year, an employer must give the Board a return in the approved form specifying the name of each person who taught at the employer's school at any time during the period 1 January to 1 March of that year. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units (2) The Board may, by written notice, require an employer to give the Board specified information about the employment by the employer of a person as a teacher (including, for example, the dates the person was employed, the subjects the person taught and the duties of the person). (3) The employer must comply with the notice within 14 days of receiving it. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units (4) An offence against subsection (1) or (3) is an offence of strict liability. (5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) or (3) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.