(1)  The Registrar may grant an applicant interim registration if the Registrar reasonably considers that the applicant is entitled to be registered as a practitioner but that it is not practicable to wait until the Board can consider the application.

(2)  In determining whether or not to grant interim registration, the Registrar may have regard to such matters, including the applicant's professional indemnification arrangements, as the Registrar thinks fit.

(3)  Interim registration may be granted unconditionally or subject to conditions.

(4)  The Registrar must issue an interim certificate of registration to a person who is granted interim registration.

(5)  The interim certificate of registration is to be in such form, and contain such information, as the Registrar determines.

(6)  A person to whom interim registration is granted is taken to be a registered practitioner for the period during which the interim registration is in force subject to the conditions, if any, determined by the Registrar and specified in the interim certificate of registration.

(7)  An interim registration is in force from the date on which it is granted until the date on which the person to whom it has been granted receives notice that the Board has –

(a) registered the person; or

(b) refused to register the person; or

(c) cancelled the person's interim registration.

(8)  The Board may cancel a person's interim registration for any reason it considers sufficient.

(9)  If the Board decides to cancel a person's interim registration it must immediately serve on the person notice of its decision and the reasons for its decision.

(10)  The person's interim registration is cancelled when service of the notice is effected.