Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTAL TECHNICIANS AND DENTAL PROSTHETISTS REGISTRATION ACT 1988 (REPEALED) - SECT 37

    (1)     A person other than a registered dental technician shall not—

        (a)     perform, for fee or reward, dental technical work; or

        (b)     take or use, either alone or in combination with any other words or letters, the name or title of a dental technician or a name, title, addition or description (including initials or letters placed after the person's name) indicating or implying that the person is a registered dental technician or that the person performs, or is qualified to perform, dental technical work; or

        (c)     by advertisement or otherwise, purport to be qualified or authorised to perform dental technical work or purport to be a person who performs dental technical work.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for paragraph (a)—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both;

        (b)     for paragraph (b) or (c)—30 penalty units.

    (2)     A person other than a registered dental prosthetist shall not—

        (a)     provide, for fee or reward, a dental prosthetic service; or

        (b)     take or use, either alone or in combination with any other words or letters, the name or title of a dental prosthetist or a name, title, addition or description (including initials or letters placed after the person's name) indicating or implying that the person is a registered dental prosthetist or that the person provides, or is qualified to provide, dental prosthetic services; or

        (c)     by advertisement or otherwise, purport to be qualified or authorised to provide dental prosthetic services or purport to be a person who provides dental prosthetic services.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for paragraph (a)—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both;

        (b)     for paragraph (b) or (c)—30 penalty units.

    (3)     A registered person shall not perform dental technical work or provide a dental prosthetic service under a name other than the name under which the person is registered.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (4)     In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3), a certificate given by the chairperson that—

        (a)     the person named in the certificate is not registered; or

        (b)     the person named in the certificate is registered as a dental technician or dental prosthetist under that name;

is evidence of that fact.