35Reassessment of registration of teachers

35 Reassessment of registration of teachers

(1)  In this section –

Board means the Teachers Registration Board continued by section 5 of the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ;

commencement day means 1 July 2013;

full registration has the same meaning as in the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ;

fully registered has the same meaning as in the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ;

provisionally registered has the same meaning as in the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ;

provisional registration has the same meaning as in the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ;

specialist vocational education and training registration has the same meaning as in the Teachers Registration Act 2000 .

(2)  On the written application of a person or on its own motion, the Board may grant, under section 13 of the Teachers Registration Act 2000 , specialist vocational education and training registration to the person if satisfied that the person –

(a) is, and immediately before the commencement day was, fully registered or provisionally registered; and

(b) satisfies the criteria for specialist vocational education and training registration as set out in that section.

(3)  On granting specialist vocational education and training registration to a person in pursuance of subsection (2) , the Board, if it considers it appropriate, may cancel the full registration or provisional registration of the person.