New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsA person who is, in the opinion of the board, of good character and who has attained such age as may be prescribed shall, upon payment of the prescribed licence fee, be entitled to be licensed as an optical dispenser if:
(a) the person is the holder of a diploma or other award prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph,
(b) the board is satisfied that the person has the requisite knowledge and skill to practise optical dispensing in New South Wales by reason that:(i) the person has undertaken a course of study or practical training, or both, or has practised optical dispensing in any place (whether in New South Wales or elsewhere), and(ii) the person has done any one or more of the following, namely:(A) undertaken such courses of study,(B) passed such examinations,(C) undertaken such practical training,as the board may require in any particular case or class of cases, or
(c) the person had been licensed under this Act as an optical dispenser before the commencement of the Optical Dispensers (Amendment) Act 1985 and had ceased, whether before or after that commencement, to be licensed otherwise than by virtue of section 24 (b).