NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 30/00

Teacher Certification Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Teacher Training Act
(O.C. 2000-171)

(Filed May 29, 2000)

Under the authority of section 11 of the Teacher Training Act, the Teacher Certification Committee, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, May 23, 2000.

Gary Hatcher
Chair, Teachers' Certification Committee

John R. Cummings, Q.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

CNR 1134/96
as amended

1. Section 15 of the Teacher Certification Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Reciprocal
agreement

15. (1) A teaching certificate classified as Certificate IV may be issued to an applicant who does not meet the criteria in section 6 where the applicant

(a) holds a valid teaching certificate from a Canadian jurisdiction that is participating in the Agreement in Principle on the Labour Mobility Chapter of the Agreement on Internal Trade/Teaching Profession; and

(b) meets the mobility provisions of the Agreement in Principle and falls within Category 1 described in the Agreement in Principle.

(2) Eligibility for a teaching certificate classified as Certificates V, VI and VII will be determined on the basis of the criteria in sections 7, 8 and 9.

(3) Notwithstanding section 16, the certificates referred to in subsections (1) and (2) may provide for expiry on a specified date if the applicant does not meet conditions specified by the registrar.

(4) A teaching certificate issued under subsection (1) or (2) may not be exchanged for a permanent certificate under section 16 until the applicant has complied with the conditions, if any, specified by the registrar under subsection (3).

(5) A copy of the Agreement in Principle is on file with the registrar and may be examined or obtained during regular business hours.