(1)  The Board may suspend the registration of a practitioner for such period not exceeding 12 months as the Board in the circumstances considers necessary or appropriate if –

(a) the practitioner contravenes a condition subject to which the practitioner is registered; or

(b) the practitioner's authority to practise under a foreign practitioners law is suspended for a reason relating to the practitioner's professional conduct or physical or mental capacity; or

(c) the practitioner fails to pay, within the time specified for payment, a fine imposed under section 47(1)(c) ; or

(d) the practitioner fails to comply with a requirement made of that practitioner under section 47(1)(e) ; or

(e) the practitioner fails to honour an undertaking given to the Board; or

(f) the Board reasonably considers the suspension necessary for the purposes of investigating a complaint made against that practitioner or investigating on its own motion a matter that could be the subject of a complaint against that practitioner; or

(g) the Board reasonably considers that it is in the public interest to suspend the registration.

(2)  The power of the Board to suspend a practitioner's registration under this section is in addition to the power of the Board to suspend that practitioner's registration under section 47(1)(b) .

(3)  If the Board decides to suspend a practitioner's registration under this section it may afford that practitioner an opportunity to be heard but it is not required to do so.

(4)  If the Board decides to suspend a practitioner's registration under this section it must make an appropriate note of the suspension and the reasons for the suspension in the register and serve on the practitioner notice of –

(a) the suspension and the reasons for the suspension; and

(b) the practitioner's right of appeal.

(5)  When service of the notice is effected, the person ceases to be registered until the period of suspension specified in the notice expires or the suspension is revoked by the Supreme Court under Part 5 or by the Board under section 51 .

(6)  A practitioner whose registration has been suspended must, if directed in writing to do so by the Board, return his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 7 days after receiving that direction or within such longer period as the Board may allow.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 15 penalty units and a daily fine not exceeding 1.5 penalty units.

(7)  If the Board suspends a practitioner's registration under this section it may, if it considers that it is in the public interest to do so, do any or all of the following:

(a) give notice of the suspension to such practitioners registration authorities, professional associations and other bodies as the Board considers appropriate to notify;

(b) give notice of the suspension to the Secretary;

(c) cause notice of the suspension to be published in any professional publication related to the practice of chiropractic or osteopathy;

(d) cause notice of the suspension to be published in any newspaper published and circulated generally in this State;

(e) cause notice of the suspension to be published in the Gazette .