PAPUA NEW GUINEA

TEACHING SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014

No. 52 of 2014.

Certified on: 22 DEC 2014

Teaching Service (Amendment) Act 2014.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Dealing with minor offences (Amendment of Section 84).
2. Dealing with serious offences (Amendment of Section 85).
3. Suspension (Amendment of Section 90).
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No. of 2014.

An Act

entitled

Teaching Service (Amendment) Act 2014,

Being an Act to amend the Teaching Service Act 1988,

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

1. DEALING WITH MINOR OFFENCES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 84).

Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting a new subsection after Subsection (1A) as follows:

"(1B) If the Chief Executive Officer of a District Development Authority has reason to believe that a member of the Teaching Service employed in the district has committed a disciplinary offence that, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, would be properly dealt with under this section, he may charge the member with the offence in the prescribed manner.".

2. DEALING WITH SERIOUS OFFENCES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 85).

Section 85 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting a new subsection after Subsection (1A) as follows:

"(1B) If the Chief Executive Officer of a District Development Authority has reason to believe that a member of the Teaching Service employed in the district has committed a disciplinary offence that, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, would be properly dealt with under Section 84, he may charge the member with the offence in the prescribed manner.".

3. SUSPENSION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 90).

Section 90 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (1) and replacing it with the following:

"(1) If it is considered that an alleged disciplinary offence is of such a nature that the member of the Teaching Service concerned should not continue in the performance of his duty, the member may be suspended from duty by ‑

(a) the Commission; or

(b) a person authorised by the Commission for the purpose; or

(c) in the case of an emergency, any person authorised to lay charges under this Part; or

(d) the Chief Executive Officer of the District Development Authority for the district in which the member is employed.".
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Teaching Service (Amendment) Act 2014 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Acting Clerk of the National Parliament
22 DEC 2014

I hereby certify that the Teaching Service (Amendment) Act 2014 was made by the National Parliament on 26 November, 2014.

Acting Speaker of the National Parliament
22 DEC 2014