Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL ACT 1894 - SECT 11AB

11AB .         Armed forces exempted from fees in certain circumstances

        (1)         A person who satisfies the Board that —

            (a)         he or she is registered under any Act of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth as a person entitled to practise medicine or surgery; and

            (b)         his or her sole occupation is that of a medical officer permanently attached to any of the Armed Services of the Commonwealth,

                may be registered as a medical practitioner under this Act, without payment of any registration fee or practice fee payable under this Act, during such time as he or she continues to fulfil the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b).

        (2)         A person who satisfies the Board that —

            (a)         he or she has —

                  (i)         such qualifications in; and

                  (ii)         such experience in the practice of,

                medicine and surgery as in the opinion of the Board qualify the person to practise medicine and surgery in the State; and

            (b)         he or she is serving as a member of a visiting force in the capacity of a medical officer,

                may be registered as a medical practitioner under this Act, without payment of any registration fee or practice fee payable under this Act, during such time as he or she continues to fulfil the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b).

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (2) —

        force , in relation to a country, means the naval, military or air force of that country;

        visiting force means any body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country that is for the time being present in the State by arrangement with the Minister of State for Defence for the Commonwealth.

        [Section 11AB inserted by No. 67 of 1994 s. 7.]