Teacher Accreditation Act 2004

The Authority may, on application by a person who is required to be accredited—

provisionally accredit the person, or

refuse to provisionally accredit the person.

The Authority may provisionally accredit a person if the Authority is satisfied that—

the person meets the requirements specified in the professional teaching standards for provisional accreditation, and

the person has completed an approved course and will receive a qualification in relation to that course.

In the case of a person referred to in subsection (2) (b), it is a condition of a person’s provisional accreditation that the person provides the Authority with evidence of the person’s qualification as soon as practicable after receiving his or her qualification in relation to the approved course.

The Authority may also provisionally accredit a person who is conditionally accredited if the person—

has completed an approved course, and

has provided the Authority with evidence of that completion.

The provisional accreditation of a person ceases (unless sooner revoked under this Act)—

at the end of the relevant period, or

if the person is accredited at proficient teacher level before the end of the relevant period.

In this section—

if the person is employed on a full-time basis—the period of 3 years (or such longer period as may be determined by the Authority in any particular case) following the date on which the person was provisionally accredited, or

if the person is employed on a casual or part-time basis—

the period determined in accordance with the regulations to be commensurate with the 3-year period for persons employed on a full-time basis, or

such longer period as may be determined by the Authority in any particular case,

However, any period during which a person’s accreditation is placed on hold under section 24D is to be disregarded for the purposes of determining the relevant period for a person.