Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

OPTOMETRISTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 87 OF 1993)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Optometrists (Amendment) Act 1993.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART II--AMENDMENTS OF PRINCIPAL ACT INTERPRETATION

   4.      Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   5.      Insertion  
   6.      Heading to Part III  
   7.      Insertion  
   8.      Register  
   9.      Substitution  
   10.     Change of address to be notified  
   11.     Repeal  
   12.     Alteration of Register  
   13.     Repeal  
   14.     Insertion  
   15.     Sale of spectacles  
   16.     Substitution  

   PART IVA--APPEALS REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   17.     Publication of notice of decision  
   18.     Further amendments  

   PART III--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS CONTINUATION OF REGISTRATION $$A $$T OPTOMETRISTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 87 OF 1993) - SECT 19 19. A PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT, WAS REGISTERED AS AN OPTOMETRIST UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ACT CONTINUES TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ACT ON THE SAME TERMS AND SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS AS APPLIED TO HIS OR HER REGISTRATION IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT. $$T $$NSECT $$A $$T OPTOMETRISTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 87 OF 1993) - SECT 20 PERSONS GRANTED PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION $$T $$NSECT 20. A PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE REPEAL OF SECTION 20 OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT BY THIS ACT, HELD PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION UNDER THAT SECTION SHALL, ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT, BE TAKEN TO BE A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED INTERIM REGISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10 OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ACT. $$A $$T OPTOMETRISTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 87 OF 1993) - SECT 21 PERSONS GRANTED TEMPORARY REGISTRATION $$T $$NSECT 21. A PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE REPEAL OF SECTION 21 OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT BY THIS ACT, HELD TEMPORARY REGISTRATION UNDER THAT SECTION SHALL, ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT, BE TAKEN TO BE A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED TEMPORARY REGISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 9 (3) OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ACT. $$A $$T OPTOMETRISTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 87 OF 1993) - SECT 22 FAILURE TO PAY ANNUAL FEE UNDER REPEALED PROVISIONS $$T $$NSECT 22. (1) A FAILURE BY A REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST TO PAY A FEE THAT BECAME PAYABLE BY HIM OR HER UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS IN FORCE BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT SHALL BE TAKEN TO BE A FAILURE TO PAY A FEE THAT BECAME PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 18B OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ACT.(2) AN OPTOMETRIST WHO WAS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ACT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT BECAUSE HIS OR HER REGISTRATION WAS CANCELLED FOR A FAILURE BY THE OPTOMETRIST TO PAY A FEE THAT HAD BECOME PAYABLE BY HIM OR HER UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS IN FORCE BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS ACT SHALL BE TAKEN TO HAVE HAD HIS OR HER REGISTRATION CANCELLED FOR A FAILURE TO PAY A FEE WHICH HAD BECOME PAYABLE BY HIM OR HER UNDER SECTION 18B OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ACT.

   23.     Applications for registration  
   24.     Continuation of inquiries and reviews  
   25.     Complaints relating to previous conduct  
   26.     Existing orders  

   PART IV--MISCELLANEOUS RENUMBERING OF PROVISIONS

   27.     (1) The amended Act is further amended as provided by this section.  
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