17BACancellation or suspension of teacher registration without inquiry

17BA Cancellation or suspension of teacher registration without inquiry

[Section 17BA Inserted by No. 33 of 2020, s. 6, Applied:17 Nov 2020]

(1)  In this section –

corresponding law has the same meaning as in the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 ;

regulated activity means an activity to which vulnerable person registration relates under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 or a corresponding law;

vulnerable person registration, in relation to a teacher, means –

(a) the registration of the teacher, under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 , in respect of a regulated activity that primarily relates to children; or

(b) the registration, licence, or other authorisation, of the teacher under a corresponding law, in respect of a regulated activity that primarily relates to children.

(2)  The Board may suspend or cancel the registration of a registered teacher, if the Board is satisfied that –

(a) the teacher does not hold vulnerable person registration; or

(b) the teacher’s vulnerable person registration has been suspended and the suspension has not been revoked.

(3)  The Board may, under subsection (2) , suspend or cancel the registration of a registered teacher –

(a) without conducting an inquiry; and

(b) without giving the teacher an opportunity to be heard by, or to make submissions to, the Board.

(4)  On deciding to suspend or cancel under subsection (2) the registration of a registered teacher, the Board is to serve notice, in writing, of that decision on –