This legislation has been repealed.
(1) When a person has
applied to be registered under section 11(1), 11AB, 11AC, 11AD, 11AE, 11AF(1)
or 11AG the Registrar, or in the absence of the Registrar, the Assistant
Registrar or any member of the Board, upon being satisfied that the person is
entitled to be registered, and upon payment of the registration fee (if any),
may grant to the person in the prescribed form a provisional certificate of
registration or a provisional certificate of conditional registration, as the
case may require.
(2) When a person has
obtained a provisional certificate he shall be deemed to be registered under
this Act until —
(a) the
date stated in such certificate; or
(b) such
later date as is fixed by the Board,
which in no case shall
be later than 3 months from the granting of such certificate.
(3) If the Board,
before the date so stated or fixed pursuant to subsection (2), has reason to
believe that such person is not entitled to be registered, the Board may,
without prejudice to his application to be registered, cancel his provisional
certificate and such person shall thereupon cease to be deemed to be
registered.
(4) If a person to
whom a provisional certificate has been granted becomes registered or is
granted a certificate of conditional registration under section 11AC, 11AD,
11AE, 11AF(1) or 11AG, his registration or conditional registration, as the
case may be, shall, unless otherwise decided by the Board, date from the
granting of his provisional certificate.
[Section 12B inserted by No. 28 of 1981 s. 4;
amended by No. 70 of 1985 s. 12; No. 67 of 1994 s. 10; No. 48 of 2000 s. 9.]