Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

OPTOMETRISTS ACT 1956 (REPEALED) - SECT 24

    (1)     If a person is registered as an optometrist under this Act, the board shall issue to the person a certificate of registration signed by the chairperson or deputy chairperson.

    (2)     A certificate of registration shall state the provision under which the person specified in the certificate is entitled to be registered under this Act and 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)     If a certificate issued under subsection (1) to a registered optometrist has been stolen, lost or destroyed, the board must, on application by the registered optometrist, issue a duplicate certificate.

Note       A fee may be determined under s 55 (Determination of fees) for this section.

    (5)     If the registration of a person has been cancelled or suspended, the chairperson shall, by written notice given to the person, require the person to give his or her certificate of registration to the chairperson within 14 days.

    (6)     If a person whose registration has been suspended gives his or her certificate of registration to the board, the board shall keep the certificate during the period of the suspension and return it to the person at the end of that period unless the person's registration has sooner been cancelled.

    (7)     If, 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 written notice given to the person, require the person to give 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 person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a notice under subsection (5) or (7).

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (9)     A notice for subsection (5) or (7) may be given to a person by post addressed to the person at his or her address last known to the chairperson.