Education and Training Reform Act 2006

An application for permission to teach may be made to the Institute.

A person may not apply for permission to teach within 5 years after having been given a WWC exclusion under the Worker Screening Act 2020 unless, since the person was given the WWC exclusion, the WWC exclusion has been set aside or the person has been given a WWC clearance under that Act.

An application must be—

in the form approved by the Institute and contain particulars of the person or body who intends to employ or engage the applicant; and

subject to section 2.6.13A, accompanied by—

subject to subsection (4), evidence satisfactory to the Institute that the person or body intending to employ or engage the applicant had first attempted to employ or engage a teacher registered under Division 3 of this Part to fill the teaching position relating to the application; and

the application fee fixed by the Minister; and

a consent signed by the applicant for the Institute to conduct a national criminal history check on the applicant; and

the information specified in the application form relating to the identity of the applicant required for the purposes of the national criminal history check; and

the fee fixed by the Minister for the national criminal history check.

The application must include an authorisation by the applicant for the Institute to arrange for the conduct of a State police record check—

on the applicant in connection with the consideration of the application; and

if permission to teach is granted, on the teacher from time to time during the period for which the permission remains in force.

The application must include an address for the applicant to be used by the Institute in corresponding with the applicant.

In considering an application under this section, the Institute—

subject to section 2.6.13A, must conduct a national criminal history check on the applicant; and

may arrange for the conduct of a State police record check on the applicant; and

The Institute may require an applicant to provide further information or material in respect of the application including information about—

criminal records; and

any previous or current work involving children (including as a volunteer) engaged in by the applicant.

The Institute may give a written exemption to an applicant under this section from having to provide the evidentiary material required under subsection (2)(b)(i).

If the applicant is a registered early childhood teacher on whom a national criminal history check has been conducted in the previous 5 years—

the Institute is not required to conduct a national criminal history check on the applicant; and

the requirements of section 2.6.13(2)(b)(iv), (v) and (vi) do not apply to the application for permission to teach.

If the applicant makes, at the same time as the application under section 2.6.13, an application for registration as an early childhood teacher—

the requirements of section 2.6.13(2)(b)(iv), (v) and (vi) do not apply to the application for permission to teach; and

the applicant is not required to provide information under section 2.6.13(3) if that information has been provided in relation to the application under section 2.6.12A(7).

In considering an application for permission to teach made at the same time as an application for registration under Division 3A, the Institute—

must take into account a national criminal history check conducted under section 2.6.12A(6); and

may take into account any information provided or testing submitted to under section 2.6.12A(7); and

may take into account a finding, under Part 5A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005, that the applicant has committed reportable conduct and the reasons for the finding.