Teachers Registration Act 2000
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27 Employing unregistered teachers
[Section 27 Amended by No. 19 of 2003, s. 13, Applied:09 May 2003] [Section 27 Substituted by No. 79 of 2009, s. 17, Applied:01 Jan 2010]
(1) A person must not employ or engage a person to teach if that person is not a registered teacher, is not the holder of a limited authority or is not under the direct supervision of a registered teacher.
Penalty: In the case of –
(a) a first offence, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or
(b) a subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and a daily penalty of 10 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.
(2) [Section 27 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] [Section 27 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 32 of 2021, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2022] For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) does not apply to TasTAFE.