Teachers Registration Act 2000
15Certificate of registration
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15 Certificate of registration
[Section 15 Substituted by No. 19 of 2003, s. 8, Applied:09 May 2003] [Section 15 Substituted by No. 79 of 2009, s. 8, Applied:01 Jan 2010]
(1) [Section 15 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] The Board is to issue a certificate of registration in an approved form to a person granted registration under section 13 or 14 , or whose registration is renewed under section 17A , on payment of the annual registration fee.
(2) [Section 15 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] . . . . . . . .
(3) [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] If the Board, in writing, requires a person who is or was a registered teacher to surrender or produce to the Board his or her certificate of registration, the person must comply with that requirement within the period specified in it.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.
(4) If a registered teacher –
(a) changes his or her name or any other personal details; and
(b) provides to the Board such proof of that change as the Board requires; and
(c) [Section 15 Subsection (4) amended by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] surrenders to the Board his or her certificate of registration accompanied by –
(i) a request, in writing, for the reissue of the certificate in the person's new name or with the person's new personal details; and
(ii) the prescribed fee –
the Board is to reissue the certificate in accordance with the request.