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(1) An employer or former employer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 if it fails without reasonable justification to report to the Teachers Council as required under any of sections 139AK, 139AL, 139AM, or 139N.
(2) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) against the former employer of a teacher if the former employer proves that it believed on reasonable grounds that, by virtue of section 139AL(3), it was not required to report to the Teachers Council.
Section 139AO: inserted, on 1 September 2004, by section 37(1) of the Education Standards Act 2001 (2001 No 88).
