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Grounds for cancellation of registra. tion of teacher.

Circumstances

in which

application

to employ

permitted

leacher may

be made.

Application to employ permitted Beacher.

(g) in making or in connexion with any application-

(5) for approval to be a manager;

(ii) for registration as a manager or a teacher; or (iii) to employ a person as a permitted teacher in a school,

has made any statement or furnished any information which is false in any material particular or by reason of the omission of any material particular.

47. The Director may cancel the registration of a teacher-

(a) on any ground specified in section 46 which applies to the teacher, whether or not such ground existed at the time when he was registered as a teacher;

(b) if it appears to the Director that the teacher is incom-

petsat:

(c) if the teacher has contravened any provision of this

Ordinance:

(d) if it appears to the Director that the teacher has behaved in any manner which, in the opinion of the Director. constitutes professional misconduct; or

(e) if it appears to the Director that the teacher has bebaved in any manner which, in the opinion of the Director, is prejudicial to the maintenance of good order and dis- cipline in the school in which the teacher teaches.

Permitted teachers.

48. An application to employ a person as a permitted teacber in a school may only be made if the applicant is of the opinion that no suitable registered teacher is available for employment as a teacher in the school.

49. (1) An application to employ a person as a permitted teacher in a school shall be made to the Director—–—

(a) in the case of a school which is registered or provi-

sionally registered, by the supervisor; or

(b) in the case of a proposed school, by the applicant for

registration of the school.

(2) An application to employ a person as a permitted teacher in a school shall be made in the prescribed form.

50. (1) On receiving an application in accordance with section 49, the Director shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application-

(a) by issuing to the supervisor of the school concerned a

permit in the prescribed form; or

(b) by refusing under section 51 to issue such a permit.

(2) A permit to teach issued under subsection (1) shall specify the school in which the permitted teacher may be em- ployed, and may impose such other conditions in respect of the employment of the permitted teacher in the school as the Director thinks fit.

(3) The Director shall, if he issues a permit to teach under subsection (1), also issue a copy of the permit to the permitted teacher.

51. The Director may refuse to issue a permit to teach under subsection (1) of section 50 in respect of any person-

(a) if in the opinion of the Director a suitable registered teacher is available for employment as a teacher in the school concerned;

(b) on any ground specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) of section 46 which applies to the person in respect of whom the application is made;

(c) if the person in respect of whom the application is made

does not possess the prescribed qualification; or

(d) if it appears to the Director that the applicant or the person in respect of whom the application is made bas, in making or in connexion with any application-

(i) for approval to be a manager;

(ii) for registration as a manager or a teacher; or (iii) to employ a person as a permitted teacher in a school,

made any statement or furnished any information which is false in any material particular or by reason of the omission of any material particular.

$2. (1) The Director may cancel a permit to teach- (a) on any ground specified in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of section 51 on which he would have been entitled to refuse to issue a permit to teach, whether or not such ground existed at the time when the permit was issued;

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Permit to teach.

Grounds for refusal to issue permit to teach.

Grounds for cancellation

of permit to teach.