Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004

An application for registration as a teacher must—

be made to the Teachers Registration Board in the manner and form prescribed by regulation or approved by the Board; and

be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

An applicant for registration must—

consent to the conduct by the Teachers Registration Board of a criminal record check relating to the applicant; and

provide evidence of a kind determined by the Board that a working with children check has been conducted in relation to the applicant within the preceding 5 years; and

if the Board so requires for the purpose of determining whether the applicant's capacity to teach is seriously impaired by an illness or disability affecting the applicant's behaviour or competence as a teacher—

submit to a medical examination by a medical practitioner selected by the applicant from a panel of medical practitioners nominated by the

provide, or authorise the medical practitioner to provide, a report on the results of the medical examination to the Board; and

provide the Board with any information required by the Board for the purposes of determining the application, verified, if the Board so requires, by statutory declaration.

An applicant for registration must pay, in addition to the prescribed fee, an amount specified by the Teachers Registration Board, being an amount payable by the Board for the conduct by the Board of a criminal record check relating to the applicant.

An application for renewal of registration must be made not less than 1 month before the expiry of the registration.