Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts24. (1) Where a person is registered as a podiatrist, the Board shall cause to be issued to the person a certificate of registration signed by the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
(2) A certificate of registration shall state the provision by virtue of which the person specified in the certificate is entitled to be registered and set out any conditions to which his or her registration is subject.
(3) A certificate of registration is evidence that the person specified in the certificate was registered on the date specified in the certificate.
(4) Where a person's certificate of registration has been lost or destroyed the Board shall, on payment of the determined fee, cause a duplicate certificate to be issued to the person.
(5) Where the registration of a person has been cancelled or suspended the Chairperson shall, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 14 days.
(6) Where a person whose registration has been suspended delivers his or her certificate of registration to the Board, the Board shall retain the certificate during the period of the suspension and return it to the person at the expiration of that period unless the person's registration has sooner been cancelled.
(7) Where, after a certificate of registration has been issued to a person—
(a) conditions are imposed on the registration of the person; or
(b) conditions imposed on the registration of the person are varied;
the Chairperson may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Chairperson within 14 days to enable a statement of the conditions imposed, or the conditions as varied, to be endorsed on the certificate.
(8) A notice for the purpose of subsection (5) or (7) may be given to a person by post addressed to the person at the address of the person last known to the Chairperson.
(9) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice under subsection (5) or (7).
Penalty: $500.
(10) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (5) or (7) that—
(a) the certificate has been destroyed; or
(b) after diligent search, the defendant has been unable to find the certificate.