Teachers Registration Regulations 2021

Teachers Registration Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Teachers Registration Act 2000 .

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

S. COURTNEY

Minister for Education

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Teachers Registration Regulations 2021 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 14 December 2021.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Teachers Registration Act 2000 ;

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare or "AIHW" means the body of that name established by section 4 of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 of the Commonwealth;

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership or "AITSL" means the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited (ACN 117 362 740), a company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Corporations Act;

Australian Bureau of Statistics or "ABS" means the body of that name established by section 5 of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 of the Commonwealth.

4.   Fees

The fees set out in Schedule 1 are prescribed as the fees that are payable under the Act in respect of the matters to which they relate.

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) –

(a) a reference to AIHW includes, if AIHW ceases to exist, a reference to an approved successor or an approved body that carries out equivalent or similar functions to AIHW; and

(b) a reference to AITSL includes, if AITSL ceases to exist, a reference to an approved successor or an approved body that carries out equivalent or similar functions to AITSL; and

(c) a reference to ABS includes, if ABS ceases to exist, a reference to an approved successor or an approved body that carries out equivalent or similar functions to ABS; and

(d) a reference to any other relevant authority includes, if that relevant authority ceases to exist, a reference to an approved successor or an approved body that carries out equivalent or similar functions to the relevant authority.

SCHEDULE 1 - Fees

Regulation 4

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 14 December 2021

These regulations are administered in the Department of Education.