5Prescription of persons, bodies and purposes for section 26A of Act

5 Prescription of persons, bodies and purposes for section 26A of Act

(1)  For the purposes of the definition of relevant authority in section 26A of the Act, the following persons or bodies are prescribed:

(a) AIHW;

(b) AITSL;

(c) ABS;

(d) the Australian Capital Territory Teacher Quality Institute;

(e) the New South Wales Education Standards Authority;

(f) the Queensland College of Teachers;

(g) the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory;

(h) the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia;

(i) the Victorian Institute of Teaching;

(j) Tasmania Police;

(k) a department or unit of administration of the State, another State, or a Territory of the Commonwealth, with responsibility for child protection;

(l) a higher education provider as defined in section 16-1 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 of the Commonwealth and listed in Table A, Table B or Table C of Subdivision 16-B of that Act;

(m) a statutory authority, within the meaning of section 26A of the Act, that is for the purpose of conducting research or collecting, compiling or analysing data for educational or related purposes.

(2)  For the purposes of section 26A(1) of the Act, the following purposes are prescribed:

(a) education;

(b) research including, but not limited to, research informing teacher workforce planning;

(c) purposes incidental or ancillary to education and research;

(d) child protection.

(3)  In subregulation (1) –