Contents (1980 - 23)
Teaching Service Act 1980 No 23
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
2A, 3 (Repealed)
4 Definitions
5 Industrial Relations Act 1996 not affected
5A Protection of children to be paramount consideration

Part 2 Director-General

Division 1 General functions and related provisions

6 General responsibility
7 General functions
8 Delegation of functions
9 Acting appointment to Director-General position

Division 2 Employment functions

10 Definition
11 Director-General to act for Crown
12 Role of Director-General in industrial proceedings
13 Determination of conditions of employment
14 Agreements relating to industrial matters
15 Determinations and agreements relating to major industrial matters
16–36 (Repealed)

Part 3

37–41A(Repealed)

Part 4 The Teaching Service

Division 1

42, 43(Repealed)

Division 2 Members of the Teaching Service

44 The Teaching Service
45 Transfer of persons from former Teaching Service
46 (Repealed)
47 Appointments to positions generally
47A Appointment on merit to senior positions
48 Appointments on probation
49 Appointment of retired officers
50 Temporary employees
51 Temporary appointments of officers

Division 3

52–58(Repealed)

Division 4 Miscellaneous provisions relating to the Teaching Service

59–59G (Repealed)
60 Promotion appeals
61 (Repealed)
62 No appeal to Industrial Relations Commission
63–71A (Repealed)
72 Excess persons
73 Excessive salaries
74 Declining of promotion or appointment
75 Refusal to comply with directions
76 Retirement or transfer of officers through invalidity or incapacity
77 (Repealed)
78 Vacation of position
78A Sections 72–78 not to apply to senior executive officers

Division 5 Extended leave

79 Leave of absence after years of service
80 Gratuity instead of extended leave
81 Payment of money value of leave not taken or completed

Division 6

82–90(Repealed)

Division 7 Miscellaneous

91 Recovery of salary etc
92 Deduction from salary or wages for use of building or provision of services
92A Officers and temporary employees to report bankruptcy etc
92B Officers and temporary employees not to undertake other paid work without permission
92C Director-General to be notified of serious offences committed by officers and temporary employees
93 (Repealed)

Part 4A Management of conduct and performance

Division 1 Preliminary

93A Objects of Part
93B Definitions
93C Meaning of “misconduct”
93D Issuing of procedural guidelines
93E Requirements relating to disciplinary matters

Division 2 Dealing with misconduct

93F Dealing with an allegation of misconduct

Division 3 Performance management for officers

93G Performance reviews for officers
93H Performance improvement programs
93I Dealing with unsatisfactory performance—school principals
93J Dealing with unsatisfactory performance—officers other than school principals

Division 4 Miscellaneous provisions

93K Disciplinary action may be taken if officer is convicted of serious offence
93L Suspension of officers from duty pending decision in relation to misconduct or criminal conviction
93M Implementation of decisions under this Part
93N Effect of dismissal of senior executive officers
93O Provisions relating to certain forms of disciplinary action
93P Officers retiring or resigning before disciplinary action is taken
93Q Officer whose address is unknown

Part 4B Termination of employment of prohibited persons

93R Definitions
93S Operation of this Part
93T Termination of employment of prohibited persons
93U Offences and prohibited person status to be notified to Director-General
93V Review of prohibited person status
93W Effect of person ceasing to be prohibited person
93X Disciplinary action may be taken against person who ceases to be prohibited person
93Y Protection of persons relating to this Part
93Z No compensation or other industrial remedies
93ZA Protection for exercise of functions in connection with this Part
93ZB Transitional provision

Part 5 General

94 Saving as to Minister’s authority
95 Appointments etc to be notified in Education Gazette
96 Evidence as to Education Gazette
97 Crown’s right to dismiss not abrogated
98, 99 (Repealed)
100 Regulations
101, 102 (Repealed)
103 Savings and transitional provisions

 Schedules 1, 2 (Repealed)

 Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions

Historical notes