Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act 2004

(1) A person (the employer) who is or has been an employer of a relevant person must give the Board written notice if any of the following events occur:

(a) the employer dismisses the relevant person;

(b) the relevant person resigns, or otherwise ceases working for the employer, in circumstances that call into question the relevant person's competence or fitness to teach;

(c) the employer starts assessing, or requests another person to start assessing, the relevant person in relation to serious misconduct or fitness to teach, of the relevant person;

(d) an assessment under paragraph (c) ends;

(e) an assessment of the relevant person's competence to teach ends with that competence called into question.

(a) be given within 28 days after the occurrence of the event; and

(b) specify full details of the event and the circumstances involved.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.

(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.

assessing, a relevant person, means assessing, examining, investigating, inquiring into or otherwise dealing with the conduct of the relevant person.