sec.224Obtaining advice from college of teachers

sec.224 Obtaining advice from college of teachers

This section applies if— a working with children check (exemption) application is for a person who is a registered teacher; and the college of teachers has advised the chief executive under section 222 that the person is a registered teacher. Before deciding the application, the chief executive must ask the college of teachers to advise the chief executive whether the chief executive may need to undertake further employment screening of the person. For subsection (2) , the chief executive’s request may include identifying information for the person. The college of teachers must comply with the request. However, the college of teachers may give advice under subsection (2) only if the college is aware of any police information about the person. If the college of teachers gives advice under subsection (2) , the chief executive must not, because the advice was given— make any adverse inference about the person’s police information; or infer that a negative notice should be issued to the person. In this section— police information see the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 , schedule 3 . s 224 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 s 55 sub 2019 No. 18 s 32 ; 2024 No. 50 s 56 (sec.224-ssec.1) This section applies if— a working with children check (exemption) application is for a person who is a registered teacher; and the college of teachers has advised the chief executive under section 222 that the person is a registered teacher. (sec.224-ssec.2) Before deciding the application, the chief executive must ask the college of teachers to advise the chief executive whether the chief executive may need to undertake further employment screening of the person. (sec.224-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , the chief executive’s request may include identifying information for the person. (sec.224-ssec.4) The college of teachers must comply with the request. (sec.224-ssec.5) However, the college of teachers may give advice under subsection (2) only if the college is aware of any police information about the person. (sec.224-ssec.6) If the college of teachers gives advice under subsection (2) , the chief executive must not, because the advice was given— make any adverse inference about the person’s police information; or infer that a negative notice should be issued to the person. (sec.224-ssec.7) In this section— police information see the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 , schedule 3 .

• (a) a working with children check (exemption) application is for a person who is a registered teacher; and
• (b) the college of teachers has advised the chief executive under section 222 that the person is a registered teacher.
• (a) make any adverse inference about the person’s police information; or
• (b) infer that a negative notice should be issued to the person.