(1) A provisional
technician may apply to the Chief Health Officer to upgrade his or her
provisional licence to a technician’s licence.
(2) Regulation 38
applies in relation to an application to upgrade a provisional licence as if
it were an application for a technician’s licence.
(3) If —
(a) an
application has been made to upgrade a provisional licence; and
(b) the
Chief Health Officer has not, before the day on which the licence is due to
expire, either upgraded or refused to upgrade the licence,
the Chief Health
Officer is taken to have refused to upgrade the licence.
[Regulation 46 amended: Gazette
10 Jan 2017 p. 272‑3.]