New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) These rules deal with reports or complaints received by the Teachers Council that are about the competence of a specific teacher.
(2) The Teachers Council only investigates matters to do with a teacher's competence if the matter cannot, or appears unlikely to be able to, be dealt with satisfactorily by the teacher's current employer.
(3) Every report or complaint about competence is referred to a competence assessor for investigation.
(4) The competence assessor assesses and, as far as possible, addresses any issues to do with the teacher's competence that arise from the report or complaint.
(5) The competence assessor must use his or her best endeavours to reach agreement with the teacher on a recommendation, for inclusion in a report by the competence assessor to the Teachers Council, for the resolution or disposal of the matter.
(6) The Teachers Council reviews the outcome of every report or complaint about competence, and may take the steps set out in section 139AZC(8) of the Act as a result.
(7) This rule is by way of explanation only. If any other provision in the Act or rules conflicts with this rule, the other provision prevails.
(8) Section 139AZC of the Act is set out in these rules, in a box, so that readers can see how that section and these rules fit together.