Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) If the Board
believes on reasonable grounds that an applicant for renewal of
registration —
(a) does
not have sufficient practical experience; or
(b) has
not maintained adequate knowledge and skill,
relating to his or her
type of registration, the Board may —
(c)
refuse to renew the registration; or
(d)
renew the registration subject to such conditions on registration as the Board
reasonably requires.
(2) A
medical practitioner must pay to the Board a fee prescribed by the regulations
for the renewal of registration, and if the fee is not paid on or before the
day on which it falls due under the rules —
(a) the
person ceases to be registered; and
(b) the
person’s name must be removed from the register.
(3) A person whose
name is removed from the register under subsection (2) may, at any time,
pay to the Board —
(a) all
fees that are in arrears; and
(b) all
fees that would be in arrears if the person had continued to be registered;
and
(c) any
additional amount prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
subsection.
(4) On payment of the
fees and amount referred to in subsection (3), the person is then
entitled, subject to this Act, to have his or her registration renewed and
name restored to the register.
(5) For the purposes
of Part 6, the registration of a person whose name is restored to the
register under subsection (4) is taken to have continued during the
period that the person’s name was removed from the register under
subsection (2).
(6) The Board is to
give written notice of the renewal fee to a medical practitioner, sent to that
medical practitioner’s address as recorded in the register, at least
42 days before the fee falls due under the regulations.
(7) A person may apply
to the Board for the remission of fees payable by the person under this
section that are in arrears, and the Board may remit those fees in whole or in
part.