Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act 2004

In this Act:

accredited education course means a teacher education course provided in the Territory that has been accredited by the Board under section 74.

alternate member means an alternate member of the Board, appointed under section 9.

approved form means a form approved by the Board.

authorisation means an authorisation under Part 5 to employ or otherwise engage an unregistered person to work as a teacher.

authorised person means:

(a) for Part 6 – a person in relation to whom an authorisation is, or has been, in effect; or

(b) otherwise – a person in relation to whom an authorisation is in effect.

Board means the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory established by section 6.

Board member means a member of the Board appointed under section 7.

clearance notice means a clearance notice issued under section 189(3)(a) of the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007.

committee means a committee established under section 25.

criminal history, of a person, means the person's criminal record as defined in section 3(1) of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992.

Director means the Director of the Board appointed under section 14.

employer, of a person, means a person who employs or otherwise engages the person to work as a teacher.

full registration means full registration as a teacher granted under section 36(1).

higher education institution means a higher education institution, or overseas higher education institution, as defined in section 4 of the Higher Education Act 2004.

inquiry means an inquiry held in accordance with Part 6, Division 4.

inquiry committee means a committee appointed under section 60.

interim certificate of registration means a certificate issued under section 34.

investigation panel means a panel appointed under section 55.

investigator, see section 55(1).

notifiable offence means:

(a) an offence against a law in force in the Territory if the penalty that may be imposed on an individual for the offence includes imprisonment for a period of 12 months or more; or

(b) an offence committed outside the Territory if the penalty that may be imposed on an individual for the offence includes imprisonment for a period of 12 months or more.

personal details, of a person, means:

(a) the person's name, residential address, private telephone numbers and email address; and

(b) details of any physical or mental impairment, disability, condition or disorder, including substance abuse or dependence, that the person has and that may affect the person's eligibility for registration or authorisation.

preliminary investigation means an investigation held in accordance with Part 6, Division 3.

prescribed means prescribed by regulation.

professional development condition means:

(a) for registration – the condition that the teacher to whom the registration has been granted comply with the requirements of the professional development framework; or

(b) for an authorisation – the condition that the authorised person in relation to whom the authorisation has been granted comply with the requirements of the professional development framework.

professional development framework means the framework approved by the Board under section 75.

provisional registration means provisional registration as a teacher granted under section 36(1)(b).

reasonably believes means believes on reasonable grounds.

referee, for a specified person, means each of the following:

(a) a current or previous employer of the specified person;

(c) an institution at which the specified person is, or was previously, enrolled for the purpose of obtaining a prescribed qualification;

(f) a person nominated by the specified person to give a character reference for the specified person.

register means the Register of Teachers kept under section 26.

registered, in relation to a teacher, means currently registered under this Act.

registration means provisional registration or full registration.

registration authority means a statutory body in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth, or in New Zealand, established to register teachers and includes a similar body in other jurisdictions.

regulatory authority means:

(a) for the Territory – the person declared by section 9(5) of the Education and Care Services (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 to be the Regulatory Authority for the Education and Care Services National Law (NT); or

(b) for another participating jurisdiction under the Education and Care Services National Law – the person declared by a law of the participating jurisdiction to be the Regulatory Authority for the Education and Care Services National Law in that jurisdiction.

relevant entity means the Board, an investigator or an inquiry committee.

relevant person means:

(b) a teacher whose registration is suspended; or

(c) a person to whom an authorisation relates if the authorisation is in effect or suspended.

school, see section 5 of the Education Act 2015.

school year means the period from the beginning of the first term of school to the end of the last term within the same calendar year.

Screening Authority, see section 196 of the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007.

sexual offence means a prescribed offence.

teacher means:

(a) a person who is qualified to program and deliver a course of instruction at a school and to assess the work of students in relation to that course of instruction; and

(b) for Part 6 – a person who is, or has been, a registered teacher.

teacher education course means an initial (pre-service) teacher education course that:

(a) is administered by a higher education institution; and

(b) includes a minimum of 45 days of supervised practice teaching in a school.

unregistered person means a person who is not registered under this Act.

Note for section 4

The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act.