Ms Phil Fox:

At the risk of repeating myself, we are confined by the legislation that requires us to register teachers. That is the role that we occupy. We have a supply of 116,000 teachers available on our register. We have implemented measures to increase the supply of teachers to make them available for July provision at a time when it seemed it was very necessary to do that. The requirement to be registered with the Teaching Council is in the employment space. We do not occupy that space at all. I again point out that the registration assures the public and assures prospective employers that a teacher is a fit and proper person and has the requisite qualifications.