Disciplinary matters

A disciplinary matter is identified when a teacher has:
•   contravened the Teacher Registration Act 2012 (Act)
•   contravened a condition imposed on their registration
•   contravened an order made under Part 5 of the Act
•   been convicted of a serious offence
•   been convicted of an actionable offence
•   that a teacher has:
   o   taught with serious incompetence at an educational institution; or
   o   engaged in serious misconduct; or

o contravened an undertaking given to the Board under the Act;

o the teacher has taught at an educational institution while their registration was suspended.

Actionable offence means —

(a) an offence that, on conviction, would result in the person charged being a child sex offender; or

(b) a sexual offence committed against or in respect of a child; or

(d) an offence the commission of which used or involved material the production of which involved a sexual offence against or in respect of a child; or (e) an offence prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

Serious offence means an offence (whether committed in or outside this State) that is —

a) an indictable offence against a law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory (whether or not the offence is or may be dealt with summarily); or

b) an offence against the law of another State or a Territory that would be an indictable offence against a law of this State if committed in this State (whether or not the offence could be dealt with summarily if committed in this State); or

(c)an offence against the law of a foreign country that would be an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth or this State if committed in this State (whether or not the offence could be dealt with summarily if committed in this State);

Prescribed offence means an offence prescribed by the Teacher Registration (General) Regulations 2012.