Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definition before the definition of approved :

amend means insert matter, omit matter or omit matter and substitute other matter;

(b) by omitting "established under" from the definition of Board and substituting "of Tasmania referred to in" ;

(c) by omitting the definition of certificate of limited authority ;

(d) by omitting the definition of certificate of registration and substituting the following definitions:

certificate of full registration means a certificate issued under section 15(1) ;

certificate of provisional registration means a certificate issued under section 15(2) ;

(e) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of committee of inquiry :

complaint means a complaint made under section 19 ;

corresponding registration authority means a person, body, department or other authority in another jurisdiction within Australia or in New Zealand that is responsible under the law of that jurisdiction for the registration, licensing or other approval of teachers;

executive officer means the executive officer of the Board appointed under section 7C ;

fit to be a teacher means fit to be a teacher as determined under section 17K ;

full registration means full registration granted under section 13 or 14 or renewed under section 17A ;

fully registered , in relation to a person, means that the person –

(a) has been granted full registration under section 13 or 14 or had his or her full registration renewed under section 17A ; and

(b) holds a current certificate of full registration;

(f) by omitting "referred to in section 12(2);" from the definition of good character and substituting "determined under section 17J ;" ;

(g) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of good character :

hearing means a hearing held under section 22C as part of an inquiry;

holder of a limited authority means a person who holds a current notice of limited authority;

(h) by omitting the definition of limited authority and substituting the following definition:

limited authority means a limited authority granted under section 17D or extended under section 17H ;

(i) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of materials :

notice of limited authority means a notice referred to in section 17E ;

one full-time equivalent year of teaching means –

(a) one year of full-time teaching; or

(b) part-time teaching equivalent to one year of full-time teaching; or

(c) a combination of full-time and part-time teaching equivalent to one year of full-time teaching;

(j) by omitting "part" from the definition of practising teacher and substituting "employed as a member" ;

(k) by omitting "school;" from the definition of practising teacher and substituting "school, the Tasmanian Academy or the Tasmanian Polytechnic;" ;

(l) by omitting the definitions of provisional registration , register and registered and substituting the following definitions:

prescribed offence means –

(a) an offence, committed in Tasmania, in respect of which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed (whether or not such sentence is imposed); or

(b) an offence, committed elsewhere, in respect of which, if the offence had been committed in Tasmania, a sentence of imprisonment may have been imposed (whether or not such sentence is imposed);

provisional registration means provisional registration granted under section 13  –

(a) on the determination of an application under section 12 ; or

(b) by the operation of section 17A(5) ;

provisionally registered , in relation to a person, means that the person –

(a) has been granted provisional registration under section 13 on the determination of an application under section 12 or by the operation of section 17A(5) ; and

(b) holds a current certificate of provisional registration;

register means a register of registered teachers, or a register of holders of limited authorities, kept under section 25 ;

register of holders of limited authorities means a register of holders of limited authorities kept under section 25 ;

register of teachers means a register of registered teachers kept under section 25 ;

registered school means a school registered under Part 5 of the Education Act 1994 ;

(m) by inserting "fully" after "is" in paragraph (a) of the definition of registered teacher ;

(n) by omitting "register;" from paragraph (b) of the definition of registered teacher and substituting "register of teachers;" ;

(o) by omitting the definition of registration ;

(p) by inserting the following definition after the definition of school :

State school means a school established under section 18 of the Education Act 1994 ;

(q) by omitting "school." from the definition of student and substituting "school, the Tasmanian Academy or the Tasmanian Polytechnic;" ;

(r) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of student :

Tasmanian Academy means the Tasmanian Academy established under section 5 of the Education and Training (Tasmanian Academy) Act 2008 ;

Tasmanian Polytechnic means the Tasmanian Polytechnic established under section 5 of the Education and Training (Tasmanian Polytechnic) Act 2008 .