Section 28Part 11 — DISCIPLINE AND PROHIBITION OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Disciplinary authority of teachers
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A person employed to work as a teacher at a school shall, unless the school leader for good reason otherwise decides, have the authority to effect discipline in accordance with the school's Behaviour Policy and, for that purpose, to give directions to secure compliance with any rules for which the Policy provides and to impose penalties for non-compliance with such rules and directions.
The school leader may, after consultation with the Director of the Department of Education Services or governing body, authorise any person on the staff of a school, other than a teacher, to effect discipline with the same authority as is conferred on a teacher by subsection (1) if, in the opinion of the school leader —
that person is a suitable person to exercise such authority;
that person has undergone training in matters relating to student behaviour and discipline; and
the exercise by such a person of disciplinary authority in relation to students remains at all times under the supervision of a person employed to work as a teacher to ensure that education considerations receive due regard.
The Chief Officer may direct that a power granted under this section shall not be exercised so as to give disciplinary authority to any person or class of persons who, in the opinion of the Chief Officer, is unsuitable to hold such authority.