Teachers

In force

(1)

A person who is a registered teacher is exempt from a WWC check.

Note

Section 2.6.54K of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 provides that a teacher whose registration is suspended is deemed not to be registered for the period of that suspension.

S. 113(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.166(a)).

(2)

A registered teacher who engages in child-related work (other than teaching in a school or an early childhood service) must notify the Regulator in writing of the following details within 21 days after the engagement—

(a)

the person by whom the registered teacher is engaged in that child-related work;

(b)

any agency with which the registered teacher is listed for child-related work (other than teaching in a school or an early childhood service).

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3)

A person who engages in child-related work (other than teaching in a school or an early childhood service) and who relies on an exemption under subsection (1) in respect of that work must give notification in writing of the suspension or cancellation of the person's registration as a teacher or an early childhood teacher under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 within 7 days after receiving notice of the suspension or cancellation to—

(a)

any person by whom the person is engaged in that child-related work; and

(b)

any agency with which the person is listed for child-related work (other than teaching in a school or an early childhood service).

Penalty: Level 9 fine (60 penalty units maximum).

Notes

1 The Victorian Institute of Teaching must notify a teacher's employer of the suspension or cancellation of the teacher's registration: see sections 2.6.27A, 2.6.28B and 2.6.51 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.

2 Listed with an agency is defined in section 3(2).

S. 113(4) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.166(b)).

(4)

The Regulator may notify any person or agency referred to in a notification under subsection (2) that the person who notified the Regulator is no longer exempt from a WWC check because of the suspension or cancellation of the person's registration as a teacher.

(5)

In this section—

early childhood service has the same meaning as in section 1.1.3(1) of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006;

registered teacher has the same meaning as in section 1.1.3(1) of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.

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