An Act to amend the Teaching Services Act 1980 to provide for merit appointment in relation to senior positions in the Teaching Service and for performance management in relation to school principals; and for other purposes.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Teaching Services Amendment Act 2004.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Amendment of Teaching Services Act 1980 No 23
The Teaching Services Act 1980 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Consequential amendment of other legislation
The Acts and the regulation specified in Schedule 2 are amended as set out in that Schedule.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Teaching Services Act 1980
(Section 3)
[1] Long title
Omit the long title. Insert instead:An Act to establish the Teaching Service of New South Wales and to make provision relating to the employment of persons in the Teaching Service.
[2] Section 1 Name of Act
Omit “Services”. Insert instead “Service”.
[3] Section 2A Act ceases to apply to TAFE
Omit the section.
[4] Section 4
Omit the section. Insert instead:4 Definitions(1) In this Act:appointed day means 20 October 1980.Department means the Department of Education and Training.Director-General means the Director-General of the Department.Education Gazette means the document entitled Education Gazette published under the authority of the Minister.exercise a function includes perform a duty.function includes a power, authority or duty.officer means a person employed in the Teaching Service other than as a temporary employee.position includes office.school means a government school established under the Education Act 1990.school principal means a person appointed to the position of principal of a school.senior executive officer has the same meaning as in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.senior position means any position in the Teaching Service to which a person employed in the Teaching Service could be promoted.Teaching Service means the Teaching Service of New South Wales referred to in section 44.temporary employee means a person employed under section 50 or deemed to be a temporary employee under section 48 (3).(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.
[5] Part 2
Omit Parts 2 and 3. Insert instead:Part 2 Director-GeneralDivision 1 General functions and related provisions6 General responsibility(1) The Director-General is responsible to the Minister for the general conduct and the efficient, effective and economical management of the functions and activities of the Teaching Service.(2) For the purpose of exercising that responsibility, the Director-General may take such action as the Director-General considers appropriate in the circumstances.(3) Nothing in this section limits or affects the operation of section 14 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.7 General functions(1) The Director-General has the following functions:(a) to classify the schools in which members of the Teaching Service are employed,(b) to determine the staff positions in the Teaching Service (including the teaching positions in schools),(c) to determine the method of classifying and grading officers employed in the Teaching Service,(d) to determine the qualifications required for appointment to the Teaching Service,(e) to prepare and maintain a list of persons who the Director-General determines are not to be employed in the Teaching Service,(f) to maintain discipline in the Teaching Service.(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the functions that are conferred or imposed on the Director-General by or under this Act.8 Delegation of functions(1) The Director-General may delegate to an authorised person any of the functions of the Director-General under this Act other than:(a) this power of delegation, or(b) the functions conferred or imposed under:(i) Division 6 of Part 4 (section 89 (1) excepted), or(ii) section 100.(2) A delegate may sub-delegate to an authorised person any function delegated by the Director-General if the delegate is authorised to do so by the Director-General.(3) In this section:means:(a) an officer or temporary employee, or(b) a member of staff of a Department within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002, or(c) a member of staff of the TAFE Commission.9 Acting appointment to Director-General positionDespite section 13 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002, an officer of the Teaching Service or a member of staff of the TAFE Commission may be appointed under that section to act in the position of Director-General while that position is vacant or if the holder of that position is suspended, sick or absent.Division 2 Employment functions10 DefinitionIn this Division:industrial matters has the same meaning as in the Industrial Relations Act 1996, subject to the following modifications:(a) the references to “employers” and “their employer” are to be construed as references to the Crown,(b) the references to “employees” are to be construed as references to members of the Teaching Service,(c) the references to “any industry” and “an industry” are to be construed as references to the Teaching Service.11 Director-General to act for CrownThe Director-General, in exercising a function under this Division, acts for the Crown.12 Role of Director-General in industrial proceedingsThe Director-General is, for the purpose of:(a) making any determination under section 13, ortaken to be the employer of those members.(b) any proceedings relating to members of the Teaching Service held before a competent tribunal having power to deal with industrial matters,13 Determination of conditions of employment(1) Except in so far as provision is otherwise made by law, the conditions of employment, including salaries, wages or other remuneration, of members of the Teaching Service are to be determined from time to time by the Director-General.(2) This section does not apply in relation to the remuneration of, or allowances payable to, senior executive officers in the Teaching Service.14 Agreements relating to industrial matters(1) The Director-General may enter into an agreement with any association or organisation representing any group or class of officers or temporary employees as to any industrial matter.(2) Any such agreement binds all officers and temporary employees in the class or group affected by the agreement and no such officer or temporary employee, whether a member of the association or organisation with which the agreement was entered into or not, has any right of appeal against the terms of the agreement.15 Determinations and agreements relating to major industrial mattersThe Director-General may not make a determination under section 13 or enter into an agreement under section 14, being a determination or an agreement relating to an industrial matter that the Minister has determined and notified the Director-General to be a major industrial matter, unless the Director-General has notified the Minister of the determination proposed to be made or the agreement proposed to be entered into.
[6] Part 4, heading
Omit “Services”. Insert instead “Service”.
[7] Part 4, Division 1 General
Omit the Division.
[8] Part 4, Division 2, heading
Omit “Education”.
[9] Section 44
Omit the section. Insert instead:44 The Teaching Service(1) The Teaching Service of New South Wales consists of the persons who are for the time being employed under this Division.(2) Those persons are taken to be employed by the Government of New South Wales in the service of the Crown, except as provided by section 12.(3) This Division does not affect any other method (statutory or otherwise) by which a person holds a position, or is otherwise employed, in the Teaching Service.Note—For example, Parts 3.2 (Staff mobility) and 3.3 (Miscellaneous provisions relating to public sector staff) of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 apply to the Teaching Service (which is a “public sector service” within the meaning of that Act). In particular, sections 86–88 of that Act provide for external and internal transfers (including secondments and temporary assignments) of public sector staff.
[10] Sections 45 (Transfer of persons from former Teaching Service), 48 (1), (3)–(5) and (7), 49 (1), 51 (1), 95 (1) (a) and 100 (1)
Omit “Education Teaching Service” wherever occurring.Insert instead “Teaching Service”.
[11] Section 46 Staff establishment for and appointment to certain positions
Omit the section.
[12] Section 47 Appointments to positions generally
Omit section 47 (1). Insert instead:(1) The Director-General may, subject to section 47A, appoint to positions in the Teaching Service such persons who, in the opinion of the Director-General, have the appropriate qualifications to be employed in the Teaching Service.
[13] Section 47 (1A) (a)
Omit the paragraph. Insert instead:(a) an appointment to a position in the Teaching Service (other than a senior position) is to be made under subsection (1), and
[14] Sections 47 (1A), 48, 49 (1), 50 (5) (a) and (6), 51 and 100
Omit “of Education” wherever occurring.
[15] Section 47 (2)–(5)
Omit the subsections.
[16] Section 47A
Insert after section 47:47A Appointment on merit to senior positions(1) Application of section This section applies to and in respect of appointments under section 47 to senior positions in the Teaching Service.(2) Appointments to senior positions Appointments to vacant senior positions are to be made by the Director-General. It does not matter whether the person appointed to such a position is or is not already an officer.(3) Advertising vacancies If it is proposed to make an appointment to a vacant senior position, the Director-General must advertise the vacancy in such manner as the Director-General thinks appropriate. Without limiting the manner in which the vacancy is advertised, the advertisement is to be in a form that is accessible to persons who are not employed in the Teaching Service.(4) Merit appointment Appointments to vacant senior positions are to be made by the Director-General on the basis of the merit of the applicants for appointment.(5) Determining merit of applicants For the purpose of determining the merit of persons eligible for appointment to a vacant senior position, the Director-General is to have regard to:(a) the nature and duties of the position, and(b) the abilities, qualifications, experience, standards of work performance and personal qualities of those persons that are relevant to the performance of those duties.(6) Selection process In deciding to appoint a person to a vacant senior position:(a) the Director-General may only select a person who has applied for appointment to the vacant position, and(b) the Director-General must, from among the applicants eligible for appointment to the vacant position, select the applicant who has, in the opinion of the Director-General, the greatest merit.(7) Appointment from eligibility list Despite subsection (3), the Director-General need not advertise a vacant senior position if the Director-General proposes to make an appointment to the position from an eligibility list created by the Director-General in relation to the position (being of a list of those persons who applied for appointment to the position and who are eligible for appointment but not selected for appointment, as arranged in order of merit as determined in accordance with subsection (5)).(8) Any such eligibility list is applicable not only to the position in relation to which it was created but also to any other position that the Director-General determines it should be applicable to on the basis that the position is substantially the same as the position in relation to which the list was created.(9) Industrial relations jurisdiction excluded The appointment or failure to appoint a person to a vacant senior position, or any matter, question or dispute relating to such an appointment or failure, is not an industrial matter for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1996. This subsection applies whether or not any person has been appointed to the vacant senior position.(10) Other legal proceedings excluded No proceedings, whether for an order in the nature of prohibition, certiorari or mandamus or for a declaration or injunction or for any other relief, lie in respect of the appointment or failure to appoint a person to a senior position, the entitlement or non-entitlement of a person to be so appointed or the validity or invalidity of any such appointment.(11) Subsection (10) does not affect the operation of section 60.
[17] Section 48 Appointments on probation
Omit “permanent” from section 48 (1).
[18] Section 48 (6)
Insert “54 or” after “section”.
[19] Sections 49 (1), 72 (a), 73 (1), 75, 76 (1) (a), 78, 79 (1) and (3), 80 (1), 81 (1) and (2), 82, 83, 84 (1), 85 (3), (5) and (6), 86, 87 (1) and (2), 88, 89 (1) and (2), 90 (1), 91, 92, 93 (1) and 97
Omit “a Teaching” wherever occurring. Insert instead “the Teaching”.
[20] Section 50 Temporary employees
Omit section 50 (1)–(4). Insert instead:(1) The Director-General may employ a person who, in the opinion of the Director-General, has the appropriate qualifications to carry out work in the Teaching Service for a particular period.(2) A person employed under this section may be employed on a full-time, casual or part-time basis.(3) A temporary employee is a member of, but does not hold a position in, the Teaching Service.
[21] Section 50 (5)
Omit “appointed under subsection (1), (2) or (3)”.Insert instead “employed under this section”.
[22] Section 50 (5) (a)
Omit “from the date of the appointment”.
[23] Section 51 Temporary appointments of officers
Omit “subsection (2)” from section 51 (1).Insert instead “subsections (2) and (3)”.
[24] Section 51 (2)
Omit “with the concurrence of the Secretary”.
[25] Section 51 (3)
Omit “of an officer of the Education Teaching Service to carry out the duties of a permanent position”.
[26] Section 51 (3)
Omit “that service”. Insert instead “the Teaching Service”.
[27] Part 4, Division 3
Omit the Division. Insert instead:Division 3 Performance management for school principals52 Performance reviews for school principals(1) A school principal’s performance must be reviewed, at least annually, by the Director-General.(2) The Director-General may review the performance of a school principal on such other occasions as the Director-General considers appropriate.(3) The review of a school principal’s performance is to have regard to the performance criteria determined by the Director-General and such other matters as the Director-General considers relevant.53 Performance improvement programs(1) If, following completion of the review of a school principal’s performance, the Director-General is of the opinion that the principal is not performing his or her duties in a satisfactory manner, the Director-General may implement a performance improvement program for the principal.(2) The school principal must participate in any such performance improvement program in the manner required by the program.(3) A performance improvement program is to be on such terms, and is to be implemented for such period, as the Director-General considers appropriate.54 Dealing with unsatisfactory performance(1) If the Director-General is of the opinion that a school principal’s performance is still unsatisfactory following the completion of a performance improvement program for the principal or following the principal’s failure to participate in, or to satisfactorily complete, such a program, the Director-General may:(a) dismiss the school principal from the Teaching Service, or(b) demote the school principal to a lower position in the Teaching Service.(2) Before taking any such action with respect to a school principal, the Director-General must:(a) notify the principal in writing of the proposed action and the reasons for taking that action, and(b) give the principal at least 21 days in which to make written submissions to the Director-General in relation to the proposed action, and(c) take into consideration any written submissions received from the principal during that period.(3) The Director-General’s decision to take action under subsection (1) with respect to a school principal may, subject to subsection (2), be carried into effect at any time.(4) An appointment to a position in the Teaching Service that is required as the result of taking action under subsection (1) (b) is to be made by the Director-General.(5) The Director-General may take action under this section with respect to a school principal even though any of the steps for dealing with a breach of discipline under Division 6 have been taken with respect to the principal, but may do so only if no finding has been made in relation to the alleged breach of discipline.(6) This section does not limit or otherwise affect any power under this or any other Act to dismiss or demote a school principal or to suspend a school principal from duty.
[28] Part 4, Division 4, heading
Omit “Service in the Teaching Services”.Insert instead “Miscellaneous provisions relating to the Teaching Service”.
[29] Part 4, Division 4, Subdivision 1, heading
Omit the heading.
[30] Sections 59–59G
Omit the sections.
[31] Section 60
Omit the section. Insert instead:60 Promotion appeals(1) An officer (the appellant) may appeal to the Director-General against the decision to appoint another officer to a vacant senior position for which the appellant has unsuccessfully applied.(2) Any such appeal must be made no later than 10 days after the day on which the appellant is notified (orally or in writing) of the decision concerned.(3) An appeal may only be made on the ground that the whole or any part of the selection process for the position was irregular or improper.(4) After considering the appeal and such other information as the Director-General considers appropriate, the Director-General may:(a) allow or disallow the appeal, and(b) make such determination with respect to the appeal as the Director-General thinks fit.(5) The decision of the Director-General under subsection (4) is final.
[32] Section 61 Promotions committees
Omit the section.
[33] Section 62 No appeal to GREAT
Omit “A decision or determination, under this Subdivision, of the Director-General of Education” from section 62 (1).Insert instead “The decision of the Director-General to appoint a person to a vacant senior position”.
[34] Section 62 (2)
Omit the subsection.
[35] Part 4, Division 4, Subdivision 2 Filling vacancies in the Technical and Further Education Teaching Service
Omit the Subdivision.
[36] Part 4, Division 4, Subdivision 3, heading
Omit the heading.
[37] Sections 71 and 71A
Omit the sections.
[38] Sections 72–76, 78 (b), 79 (3), 81 (1) (c), (2) (c) and (4A), 84 (1), 85 (1) and (6), 86, 87 (1) and (2), 88, 89 (1) and (3), 90, 92 (1) and 93 (3) (a)
Omit “appropriate Director-General” wherever occurring.Insert instead “Director-General”.
[39] Section 73 Excessive salaries
Omit “Secretary” from section 73 (1) (b) (i).Insert instead “Director-General”.
[40] Section 73 (1) (b) (ii)
Omit “of which the officer is a member”.
[41] Section 76 Retirement or transfer of officers through invalidity or incapacity
Insert “or” after “Service,” in section 76 (1) (e) (i).
[42] Section 76 (1) (e) (ii)
Omit the subparagraph. Insert instead:(ii) if the appropriate Department Head (within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002) so approves, to some position in the Public Service,
[43] Section 76 (1) (e) (iii)
Omit the subparagraph.
[44] Sections 78 (b) and 90 (1)
Omit “that Director-General” wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Director-General”.
[45] Sections 81 (6) and 85 (3)–(5)
Omit “a Director-General” wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Director-General”.
[46] Section 83 Breaches of discipline
Insert at the end of the section:(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a school principal to the extent that the principal is inefficient or incompetent in the discharge of his or her duties.Note—A school principal’s unsatisfactory performance may be dealt with under Division 3 of this Part.
[47] Sections 84 (2) and 87 (4)
Omit “or 101” wherever occurring.
[48] Section 85 Punishment for breaches of discipline
Omit “of which he or she is a member” from section 85 (1) (a) (v) and (b) wherever occurring.
[49] Section 85 (2)
Omit “to whom the recommendation is made”.
[50] Sections 85 (6) and 93
Omit “appropriate Department” wherever occurring.Insert instead “Department”.
[51] Section 89 Officers and temporary employees prohibited from engaging in employment except under this Act
Omit “of the Education Teaching Service employed on a casual basis or a temporary employee of the Technical and Further Education Teaching Service employed on a part-time basis” from section 89 (1).Insert instead “employed on a casual basis”.
[52] Section 91 Recovery of salary etc
Omit “section 25”. Insert instead “section 13”.
[53] Section 92 Deduction from salary or wages for use of building or provision of services
Omit “Public Employment Industrial Relations Authority” from section 92 (1).Insert instead “Public Employment Office”.
[54] Section 94 Saving as to Minister’s authority
Omit “Services”. Insert instead “Service”.
[55] Section 95 Appointments etc to be notified in Education Gazette
Omit section 95 (1) (b).
[56] Section 96
Omit the section. Insert instead:96 Evidence as to Education GazetteA document purporting to be an issue of the Education Gazette is admissible in evidence in any proceedings, including proceedings before the Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal, and is, until the contrary is proved, taken to be a copy of an issue of the Education Gazette.
[57] Section 98 Certain Acts apply to officers and temporary employees
Omit the section.
[58] Section 99 Making of regulations by Governor
Omit “Part 2 or” wherever occurring.
[59] Section 100 Making of regulations by Director-General
Omit “or promotion to” from section 100 (1) (a).
[60] Section 100 (1) (b)
Omit “transfer,”.
[61] Section 100 (1) (d)
Omit the paragraph.
[62] Section 100 (1) (i)
Omit “public”.
[63] Section 100 (1) (j)
Omit “Part 2 and” wherever occurring.
[64] Section 101 Making of regulations by the Director-General of Technical and Further Education
Omit the section.
[65] Section 102 Application etc of regulations
Omit the section.
[66] Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
[67] Schedule 3, Part 3
Insert after Part 2:Part 3 Provisions consequent on enactment of Teaching Services Amendment Act 200411 DefinitionIn this Part:amending Act means the Teaching Services Amendment Act 2004.12 References to Education Teaching ServiceOn and from the substitution of section 44 by the amending Act, a reference in any Act, or in any instrument made under any Act, or in any other instrument, or in any contract or agreement, to the Education Teaching Service (however expressed) is be construed as a reference to the Teaching Service.13 Continuation of existing determinations and agreements(1) Any determination of conditions of employment under section 25 made by the Director-General and in force immediately before the repeal of that section by the amending Act is taken to be, after that repeal, a determination made under section 13 as inserted by the amending Act.(2) Any agreement between the Director-General and an association or organisation made under section 26 and in force immediately before the repeal of that section by the amending Act is taken to be, after that repeal, an agreement made under section 14 as inserted by the amending Act.14 Performance management for school principalsDivision 3 of Part 4 (as substituted by the amending Act) extends to a school principal holding office before the commencement of the substitution of that Division, but only in relation to the school principal’s performance after that commencement.15 General savingsAnything done by the Director-General that, immediately before the substitution of Part 2 by the amending Act, had effect under (or was done for the purposes of) this Act continues to have effect under (or is taken to have been done for the purposes of) this Act as amended by the amending Act.
Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation
(Section 4)
[1] Section 4B References to certain employers
Omit section 4B (1) (c). Insert instead:(c) in relation to employment in the Teaching Service, is a reference to the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training.
[2] Sections 4B (2), 49ZU (3) (paragraph (a) of the definition of “employed in the public sector”) and 122B (1) (a1)
Omit “Education Teaching Service” wherever occurring.Insert instead “Teaching Service”.
[3] Section 4B (2)
Omit “School Education”. Insert instead “Education and Training”.
Section 104 Staff of the Board
Omit “a teaching service” from section 104 (2).Insert instead “the Teaching Service”.
[1] Clause 1 Name of Regulation
Omit “Education”.
[2] Clause 3 Definitions
Omit “Education” from the definition of member of staff in clause 3 (1).
[3] Clauses 3 (1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of “statutory conditions of service”) and 5 (2) (c)
Omit “section 25” wherever occurring. Insert instead “section 13”.
[4] Clause 3 (1), definition of “the Act”
Omit “Services”. Insert instead “Service”.
[5] Clause 13 “Prescribed officers” for purposes of Division 6 of Part 4 of the Act
Omit “in its application to the Education Teaching Service” wherever occurring.
Schedule 1 Superannuation and other rights of employees of the Corporation
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 3 (1) (a) and 4 (1) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
[1] Section 6 Definitions
Omit paragraph (e) of the definition of responsible Minister in section 6 (1).Insert instead:(e) in relation to the Teaching Service—the Minister administering the Teaching Service Act 1980, or
[2] Section 6 (1), definition of “Teaching Service”
Omit the definition.
[3] Section 7 Public authorities
Omit section 7 (1) (e). Insert instead:(e) the Teaching Service, or
[1] Section 4 Definitions
Omit paragraph (b) of the definition of employee in section 4 (1).Insert instead:(b) a person who is an officer, or a temporary employee, within the meaning of the Teaching Service Act 1980,
[2] Section 4 (1), definition of “employer”
Omit paragraph (b). Insert instead:(b) in relation to an employee of the class referred to in paragraph (b) of that definition:(i) for the purposes of those provisions of this Act relating to the membership and constitution of the Tribunal—the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training, and(ii) for the purposes of those provisions of this Act relating to the making of appeals and the hearing of appeals—the person against whose decision the appeal is made (being, as the case may require, the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training or a prescribed officer within the meaning of section 82 of the Teaching Service Act 1980),
[3] Section 21 Excluded circumstances
Omit section 21 (1) (j) (ii). Insert instead:(ii) a temporary employee within the meaning of the Teaching Service Act 1980, or
[4] Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the nomination of employers’ representatives and employees’ representatives
Omit clause 4 (b). Insert instead:(b) a member of the Teaching Service, or
Schedule 1 Provisions relating to the Tribunal
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 5 (1) (a) and 6 (1) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
Section 4 Definitions
Omit “Education” from the definitions of public sector agency and public sector official wherever occurring in section 4 (1).
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Omit paragraph (a) of the definition of in section 3 (1).Insert instead:(a) a Government Department or the Teaching Service,
[2] Section 3 (1) (paragraph (g) of the definition of “public official”) and clauses 2 (1) (a) and 3 (b) (i) of Schedule 3
Omit “a Teaching” wherever occurring. Insert instead “the Teaching”.
[1] Dictionary
Omit “Education” from the definition of public sector employee.
[2] Dictionary, definition of “public sector industrial agreement”
Omit “section 26 of the Teaching Services Act 1980”.Insert instead “section 14 of the Teaching Service Act 1980”.
Section 21 Meaning of commonly used words and expressions
Insert in alphabetical order in section 21 (1):Teaching Service means the Teaching Service of New South Wales referred to in the Teaching Service Act 1980.
Schedule 5 Provisions relating to the rights of certain staff of the Commission
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 2 (1) (a) and 3 (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
Schedule 6 Provisions relating to members of the Tribunal
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 10 (2) (a) and 11 (2) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
Section 17 Obligations of persons in public sector positions
Omit “Education” from paragraph (b) of the definition of public sector position in section 17 (7).
Section 48 Definitions
Omit “a Teaching” from section 48 (a). Insert instead “the Teaching”.
Section 3 Definitions
Omit “Education” from the definitions of public sector agency and public sector official wherever occurring in section 3 (1).
[1] Section 4 Definitions
Omit “School Education” from the definitions of and wherever occurring in section 4 (1).
[2] Section 4 (1), definition of “Head of an authority”
Omit paragraph (b). Insert instead:(b) in relation to the Teaching Service—the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training,
[3] Schedule 1 The Auditor-General
Omit “a Teaching” from clause 7 (2) (a). Insert instead “the Teaching”.
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Omit the definition of Education Teaching Service from section 3 (1).
[2] Sections 3 (1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of “public sector service”), 19 (5), 63 (1) (definition of “public authority”), 63 (2) (c), 65 (1) (a), 67 (d), 77 (6), 78 (9) (a), 101 (1) (Arrangements for use of Teaching Service staff by Departments) and 114 (3) (a) and clause 11 (16) (a) of Schedule 4
Omit “Education Teaching Service” wherever occurring.Insert instead “Teaching Service”.
Schedule 1 Provisions relating to the members of the Tribunal
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 8 (1) (a) and 9 (1) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
Schedule 3 Provisions applicable to a person designated as Director
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 4 (2) (a) and 5 (2) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
[1] Section 4 Definitions
Omit “a Teaching” from the definition of teacher.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
[2] Section 4, definition of “Teaching Service”
Omit the definition.
Section 21 Use of staff or facilities of Departments etc
Omit “Education”.
Section 2 Definitions
Omit paragraph (c) of the definition of State employer in section 2 (1).Insert instead:(c) in relation to persons employed in the Teaching Service—the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training.
Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the rights of certain staff of the Corporation
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 3 (1) (a) and 4 (1) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.
Schedule 1 Preservation of rights of certain employees
Omit “a Teaching” from clauses 2 (1) (a) and 3 (1) (b) (i) wherever occurring.Insert instead “the Teaching”.