Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

OPTOMETRISTS ACT 1956 (REPEALED) - SECT 25

    (1)     If the board is satisfied that the name of a person who is registered under this Act has been removed from any register or roll kept under a law of a State or another Territory for any reason relating to—

        (a)     conduct of the person as an optometrist; or

        (b)     the physical or mental capacity of the person to practise optometry;

the board shall cancel the registration of the person.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     the name of a person whose registration has been cancelled under subsection (1) is restored to the register or roll referred to in that subsection; and

        (b)     the person applies to the board to be re-registered under this Act;

the board shall re-register the person.

    (3)     If the board is satisfied that the name of a person who is registered under this Act has been removed from any register or roll kept under a law of a place outside Australia for any reason relating to—

        (a)     conduct of the person as an optometrist; or

        (b)     the physical or mental capacity of the person to practise optometry;

the board may cancel the registration of the person.

    (4)     The board may re-register a person whose registration has been cancelled under subsection (3) if the board is satisfied that it is appropriate in the circumstances to do so.