Teachers Registration and Standards (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (SA)

South Australia

Teachers Registration and Standards (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021

under the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004

Contents

1Short title

2Commencement

3Interpretation

4Accreditation of initial teacher education program

5Term of registration

6Annual fee

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Teachers Registration and Standards (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Teachers Registration and Standards (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020 comes into operation.

3—Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

Act means the Teachers Registration and Standards Act 2004;

Amendment Act means the Teachers Registration and Standards (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020;

relevant day means the day on which section 19 of the Amendment Act comes into operation.

4—Accreditation of initial teacher education program

An accreditation of an initial teacher education program by the Teachers Registration Board in force immediately before the commencement of section 19A of the Act (as inserted by section 15 of the Amendment Act) continues in force, subject to the Act, as if it were an accreditation granted by the Board under section 19A of the Act.

5—Term of registration

Section 26 of the Act as in force on and from the relevant day applies, subject to Schedule 1 clause 2 of the Amendment Act, to registration as a teacher granted or renewed on or after the relevant day, and a teacher's registration in force immediately before the relevant day remains in force, subject to the Act, for the balance of the period of registration that applied in respect of that registration under section 26 of the Act as in force immediately before the relevant day.

6—Annual fee

(1)Section 26A of the Act (as inserted by section 20 of the Amendment Act) does not apply to a registered teacher in relation to the teacher's registration in force immediately before the relevant day for the period the registration remains in force (as determined in accordance with regulation 5).

(2)Section 26A of the Act (as inserted by section 20 of the Amendment Act) does not apply to a registered teacher whose registration as a teacher is registration to which Schedule 1 clause 2 of the Amendment Act applies for the period that the registration remains in force, as determined in accordance with subclause (2) of that clause.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
2021	50	Gazette 6.5.2021 p1315	1.7.2021: r 2