New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OPTICAL DISPENSERS ACT 1963 - SECT 22A

22A Provisional licence

(1) In this section:
"prescribed person" means the president of the board or the secretary or, in the absence of both those persons, any member of the board authorised generally by the board for the purposes of this section.

(2) Where a person applies to be licensed, the prescribed person, if of the opinion that the applicant has satisfied all the requirements for a diploma or other award referred to in section 22 (a) and, but for the fact that the diploma or other award has not yet been conferred or awarded, would be entitled to be licensed under this Act, may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, grant to the applicant a provisional licence in or to the effect of the prescribed form.

(3) Where a person has been granted a provisional licence, the person shall be deemed to be licensed under this Act until:

(a) the date of expiry stated in the provisional licence, or

(b) such later date as may be fixed by the board,

which date shall, in either case, be not later than 3 months after the granting of the provisional licence.

(4) The board may, at any time before the date so stated or fixed, for such cause as to it seems proper, cancel a provisional licence without prejudice to the application of the holder of the provisional licence to be licensed under section 22.

(5) If a person to whom a provisional licence has been granted becomes licensed under section 22, the licence under section 22 shall, unless otherwise decided by the board, date from the granting of the provisional licence.

(6) Nothing in section 21 requires an entry to be made in the register in respect of a person who is the holder of a provisional licence.