New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PHARMACY ACT 1964 - SECT 20AA

20AA Removal of name etc from register outside New South Wales

(1) Where:

(a) after the commencement of the Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1971 , a pharmacist has, while registered under this Act:

(i) ceased to be registered under the law in force relating to the registration of pharmacists in some place outside New South Wales, or

(ii) been suspended from practice as a pharmacist under the law referred to in subparagraph (i),

because of some act or omission on the pharmacist’s part, and

(b) the Board is of the opinion that it would, if there had been an inquiry under this Act and the commission of the act or the omission had been proved thereat, have been satisfied that the pharmacist had been guilty of misconduct in a professional respect because of the act or omission,

the Board may, without making such an inquiry, order that the pharmacist’s name be removed from the register or that the pharmacist be suspended from practice as a pharmacist for such period, not exceeding twelve months, as the Board determines, or may caution or reprimand the pharmacist.

(2) This section has effect notwithstanding anything in section 20, but nothing in this section prevents any matter that may be, but has not been, dealt with under this section from being dealt with under section 20 if the Board, in any particular case, so decides.

(3) The provisions of subsection (3) of section 20 apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of a person referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1).