Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) An applicant for registration may be granted interim registration—
(a) if the person is entitled to registration under section 6 but it is not practicable to wait until the Board can consider the application; or
(b) if the person would be entitled to registration as a pharmacy student under section 8(1)(b) except that the applicant has not received documentary evidence of the qualification relating to the course of study referred to in section 5(a).
(2) The Registrar or a person authorised by the Board for the purposes of this section may grant interim registration to an applicant for registration in accordance with this section.
(3) Interim registration may be granted subject to any condition imposed by the Registrar or a person authorised by the Board for the purposes of this section.
(4) A person's interim registration is in force from the date it is granted under sub-section (1) until the person is given notice that—
(a) the Board has granted the person registration under section 6 or 8; or
(b) the Board has refused to grant the person registration under section 6 or 8; or
(c) the Board has cancelled the interim registration.
(5) The Board may cancel a person's interim registration if the Board is of the opinion that the person is no longer entitled to registration under this Part and must then immediately give the person notice of the cancellation.
(6) A person who holds interim registration is for all purposes taken to be a registered pharmacist or a registered pharmacy student as the case requires.
(7) The date on which a person is registered is (if the person was the holder of interim registration immediately before the person is registered), to be taken to be the date on which interim registration was granted.
(8) Interim registration granted under this section by the Registrar or a person authorised by the Board is taken to have been granted by the Board.