New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

OPTOMETRISTS ACT 1930 - SECT 19A

19A Provisional registration

(1) Where:

(a) a person has applied to be registered under this Act,

(b) he or she is entitled to be so registered, and

(c) his or her application for registration has not been dealt with by the board,

the chairperson of the board or, in his or her absence from the City of Sydney, any other member of the board authorised generally by the board to grant certificates of provisional registration, may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, grant to that person a certificate of provisional registration.

(2) Where, on an application made by any person for a certificate of provisional registration under this subsection, the board, the chairperson of the board or, in his or her absence from the City of Sydney, any other member of the board authorised generally by the board to grant certificates of provisional registration is satisfied:

(a) that that person is justly entitled:

(i) to a degree referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 19 that is to be granted to him or her by the University of New South Wales, or

(ii) to a recognised certificate that is to be granted to him or her by a university, college, association, department, board or other institution,

(b) that he or she will in due course have that degree or recognised certificate granted to him or her according to the practice of the University of New South Wales or the university, college, association, department, board or other institution referred to in paragraph (a), as the case may be, and

(c) that he or she is of good character and has attained the age of twenty-one years,

the board or if the board has not dealt with his or her application under this subsection the chairperson of the board or other such member of the board may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, grant to that person a certificate of provisional registration.

(3) Where a person has obtained a certificate of provisional registration he or she shall be deemed to be a registered optometrist until:

(a) the date stated in the certificate, or

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

which date shall, in either case, be not later than six months after the granting of the certificate.

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

(5) Upon the cancellation of a certificate of provisional registration, the holder of the certificate shall thereupon cease to be deemed to be a registered optometrist.

(6) If a person to whom a certificate of provisional registration has been granted becomes a registered optometrist before the date stated or fixed pursuant to subsection (3) in respect of that certificate, his or her registration under this Act shall, unless otherwise decided by the board, date from the granting of the certificate.