Victorian Current Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.6.29A

    (1)     A registered teacher may ask the Institute to suspend his or her registration or to impose a condition on the registration or to do both of those things if the teacher believes that—

        (a)     he or she is seriously incompetent; or

        (b)     he or she has engaged in misconduct or serious misconduct; or

        (c)     he or she is not fit to teach; or

        (d)     his or her ability to practise as a teacher is seriously detrimentally affected or likely to be seriously detrimentally affected because of an impairment.

S. 2.6.29A(2) substituted by No. 19/2014 s. 65.

    (2)     If the Institute and the registered teacher agree on the suspension of the registration or a condition to be imposed on the registration or to both of those things occurring, the Institute may—

        (a)     suspend the registration or impose the condition on the registration (as the case requires); or

        (b)     if the teacher holds registration under more than one Division of this Part, suspend or impose the condition on one or both registrations (as the case requires).

S. 2.6.29A(3) amended by No. 10/2021 s. 23.

    (3)     If the Institute and the registered teacher do not agree on the suspension of the registration or a condition to be imposed on the registration under this section, the Institute must investigate the matter in accordance with Division 11.

S. 2.6.29B inserted by No. 27/2010 s. 26.