New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

14 Reports to be considered at meeting of Teachers Council

• (1) On receiving a report from a competence assessor, the Teachers Council must—

  • (a) consider the report at a meeting of the Council; and

  • (b) set a date for that meeting.

  (2) If the report is one referred to in rule 13(2), the Teachers Council must—

  • (a) advise the teacher, at least 10 days before that date, of the date of the meeting at which the report is to be considered; and

  • (b) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the teacher is given notice of the reasons for any proposed resolution or disposal of the matter before resolving or disposing of the matter; and

  • (c) give the teacher a reasonable opportunity, at or before the meeting at which the report is considered, to make written submissions on the report and the recommendation included in it; and

  • (d) give the teacher a reasonable opportunity, at that meeting, to appear and be heard, in person or by counsel or other representative, on the report and the recommendation included in it.

  (3) Subclause (2) does not apply, and nothing in this rule affects the Teachers Council's duties under section 129(2) of the Act, if the report recommends that the teacher's registration or limited authority to teach be cancelled under section 129(1)(a) or (b) of the Act.