Duty of care
5.4.10 Duty of care
A school or the principal or a teacher of a school does not have and is not to be deemed to have a duty relating to the care or control of a student of the school while that student is employed—
under a work experience arrangement or a structured workplace learning arrangement; or
as an apprentice under a training contract under Part 5.5 if the training for the student under that contract has been approved or endorsed by the principal of the school.
S. 5.4.10(1A) inserted by No. 2/2025 s. 43(1).
A nominated person of a school does not have and is not to be deemed to have a duty relating to the care or control of a student of the school while that student is employed under a work experience arrangement or a structured workplace learning arrangement.
S. 5.4.10(2) amended by No. 2/2025 s. 43(2).
An action does not lie against a school, the principal, a teacher of a school or a nominated person of a school because of a breach of a duty referred to in subsection (1) or (1A).
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