(2) An application is to be made in an approved form and be
accompanied by the fee (if any) prescribed by the regulations.
(3) An
application must include the following:
(a) the name of the applicant,
(b)
the address of each premises at which the applicant intends to provide
ART services,
(c) the name of each registered medical practitioner who is to
undertake or supervise ART services provided by the applicant,
(d) the name
of each person who is to provide counselling services in relation to
ART services provided by the applicant,
(e) any other matter that is
prescribed by the regulations.
(4) The Secretary must grant the applicant's
registration as an ART provider if an application for registration is duly
made.
(5) Despite subsection (4), the Secretary must refuse to grant a person
registration as an ART provider if the person is prohibited under Part 6 from
carrying on a business that provides ART services.
(6) Registration as an
ART provider takes effect when the Secretary gives the applicant notice of the
decision to grant registration and remains in force until cancelled by the
Secretary.
(a) the person gives the Secretary notice that the person no
longer provides ART services, or
(b) the person is prohibited under Part 6
from carrying on a business that provides ART services.
(8) A
registered ART provider must (within such times as may be prescribed) pay to
the Secretary the annual registration fee (if any) prescribed by the
regulations.
(9) The regulations may prescribe different application fees and
annual registration fees for different classes of ART providers, or on the
basis of the number of premises at which an ART provider provides
ART services, or both.
(10) The Secretary may cancel a person's registration
as an ART provider if the person fails to pay any fee as required by this
section.
