New Zealand Teachers Council (Making Reports and Complaints) Amendment Rules 2008: revoked, on 1 July 2016, pursuant to rule 67(e) of the Education Council Rules 2016 (LI 2016/122).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These rules are administered by the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Pursuant to section 139AJ of the Education Act 1989, the New Zealand Teachers Council makes the following rules.

1	Title
2	Principal rules amended
3	Commencement
4	Criteria for reporting serious misconduct
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Reprint notes

Rules

1 Title

These rules are the New Zealand Teachers Council (Making Reports and Complaints) Amendment Rules 2008.

2 Principal rules amended

These rules amend the New Zealand Teachers Council (Making Reports and Complaints) Rules 2004.

3 Commencement

These rules come into force on 1 August 2008.

4 Criteria for reporting serious misconduct

Rule 9(1) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(o)

any act or omission that brings, or is likely to bring, discredit to the profession.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of July 2008.

Kathy Smith,
Chairperson of the New Zealand Teachers Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These rules, which come into force on 1 August 2008, amend the New Zealand Teachers Council (Making Reports and Complaints) Rules 2004. The amendment adds a new criterion to the criteria for reporting serious misconduct by providing that a report may be made under rule 9 if an employer suspects on reasonable grounds that a teacher has engaged in any act or omission that brings, or is likely to bring, discredit to the profession.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 July 2008.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the New Zealand Teachers Council (Making Reports and Complaints) Amendment Rules 2008 that incorporates all the amendments to those rules as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Education Council Rules 2016 (LI 2016/122): rule 67(e)

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