New Zealand Legislation: Acts

139AI Code of ethics

• (1) The code of ethics prepared under this section is binding on all teachers who hold a practising certificate and on all authorised persons.

  (2) The Teachers Council must, as soon as practicable after the first elected members of the Council take office, prepare a code of ethics for teachers.

  (3) When preparing the code of ethics (and any amendments to it), the Teachers Council must take all reasonable steps to consult with those who will be bound by it.

  (4) The code of ethics must be signed by the chairperson of the Teachers Council and—

  • (a) notice of it must be given in the Gazette; and

  • (b) the notice must say where copies of the code may be obtained free of charge; and

  • (c) the notice must give the date on which the code comes into force, which must be a date on or after the date of the Gazette notice; and

  • (d) the Teachers Council must take all reasonable steps to ensure that those bound by the code hear of it and are able to obtain copies of it.

  (5) The Council may amend the code of ethics, and every amendment—

  • (a) must be notified in the Gazette; and

  • (b) forms part of the code on the date specified in the notice as the date on which it will come into force.

  Section 139AI: inserted, on 1 February 2002, by section 37(1) of the Education Standards Act 2001 (2001 No 88).