New Zealand Legislation: Acts

139AS Complaints and reports relating to teacher conduct

• (1) The Teachers Council must refer to the Complaints Assessment Committee—

  • (a) every report received by it under any of sections 139AK, 139AL, or 139AM that relates to teacher conduct; and

  • (b) [Repealed]

  • (c) every complaint received by it under section 139AR.

  (2) In relation to a complaint received under section 139AR from a person other than the current employer of the teacher concerned,—

  • (a) if the Complaints Assessment Committee considers that the complaint should have been sent first to the teacher's employer, it must refer the matter to the employer; and

  • (b) in any other case, it must notify the employer (if the teacher is currently employed by an employer) that it has received a complaint about the teacher.

  (3) An employer to whom a complaint is referred under subsection (2), or who is required to provide information in the course of an investigation by the Complaints Assessment Committee, must report to the Committee as required by it.

  Section 139AS: inserted, on 1 September 2004, by section 37(1) of the Education Standards Act 2001 (2001 No 88).

  Section 139AS(1)(a): amended, on 17 May 2006, by section 28(1) of the Education Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 19).

  Section 139AS(1)(b): repealed, on 17 May 2006, by section 28(2) of the Education Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 19).