Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PODIATRISTS ACT 1994 (NO. 82 OF 1994) - SECT 58

58. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph 7 (1) (a), the Minister may, in relation to a member referred to in that paragraph, appoint as the first member of the Board, a person who, at the commencement of this Act—

        (a)     provides podiatry services; and

        (b)     has, for a period of 3 years immediately preceding the commencement of this Act, been entitled under a corresponding law of a State or another Territory to practise podiatry.

(2) The Minister shall remove from office a member appointed under subsection (1) if the member fails to apply for registration within 6 months after the commencement of this Act.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 13 October 1994]

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