Education Teaching Service Amendment Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 812

New South Wales

Education Teaching Service

Amendment Regulation 2003

under the

Teaching Services Act 1980

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved the following Regulation made by the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training under the Teaching Services Act 1980.

ANDREW REFSHAUGE, M.P.,

Minister for Education and Training

Explanatory note

Under Division 6 of Part 4 of the Teaching Services Act 1980, breaches of discipline by officers or temporary employees of the Education Teaching Service may be dealt with by the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training or by a person who is a prescribed officer as referred to in section 82 of the Act. The object of this Regulation is to provide that any member of staff of that Department who is employed for the purposes of exercising functions which include dealing with such breaches of discipline is a prescribed officer for the purposes of that Division.

This Regulation is made under the Teaching Services Act 1980, including sections 82 and 100.

Published in Gazette No 178 of 7 November 2003, page 10376	Page 1
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Clause 1	Education Teaching Service Amendment Regulation 2003

Education Teaching Service Amendment

Regulation 2003

under the

Teaching Services Act 1980

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Education Teaching Service Amendment
Regulation 2003.

2 Amendment of Education Teaching Service Regulation 2001

The Education Teaching Service Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

2003 No 812

Education Teaching Service Amendment Regulation 2003

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 3 Definitions

Omit the definition of disciplinary authority from clause 3 (1).

Insert instead:

disciplinary authority means:

(a)	the Director-General, or
(b)	a person who is a prescribed officer as referred to in section 82 of the Act.

[2]      Clause 13 “Prescribed officers” for purposes of Division 6 of Part 4 of the Act

Insert at the end of the clause:

(2) In accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of prescribed officer in section 82 of the Act, any member of staff of the Department of Education and Training who is employed for the purposes of exercising functions which include dealing with breaches of discipline under Division 6 of Part 4 of the Act is prescribed as an officer for the purposes of that Division in its application to the Education Teaching Service.

BY AUTHORITY