Medical Act Amendment Act 1952 (WA)

MEDICAL.

1° Elizabeth II., No. LXV.

No. 65 of 1952.

AN ACT to amend the Medical Act, 18944950.

[ Assented to 7th January, 1953.]

BE it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Act	Short title
and citation.

Amendment Act, 1952.

Reprntd Acta

(2) In this Act the Medical Act, 1894-1950, Vol. 2, 1943.

Act No. 36 of 1894 as reprinted with amendments to and including Act No. 51 of 1940, incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938, and further amended by Acts Nos. 22 of 1945, 8 of 1946, and 21 of 1950,

is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Medical Act, 1894-1952.

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Subsection

(2) of s. 11	2. Subsection (2) of section eleven of the prin- cipal Act is amended by substituting for the word, "or" in line four the words, "of seven years or more, or for".
amended.
Subsea. (2a)

Added to s. 11.	3.
3 The principal Act is amended by adding after

subsection (2) of section eleven the following sub-

section

(2a) (a) A person is entitled to be registered as

a medical practitioner under this Act-

(i)    if he is of good fame and charac- ter;

(ii)    if he has for a period of three years or more or for periods aggregating a period of three years or more held a certificate of registration under section twelve or a certificate of auxiliary service under section twelve A of this Act: Provided that the Medical Board, in AS absolute discretion, may reduce the period of three years to any lesser period considered sufficient;

(iii)   if he makes application under paragraph (b) of this subsection to be so registered;

(iv)  if he satisfies the examiners mentioned in paragraph (c) of this subsection that he is quali- fied to be so registered; and

(v)    if the Board is of opinion that he should be so registered.

(b) A person seeking registration under paragraph (a) of this subsection may make application to be so registered to the Board at any time after the expira- tion of the period of three years mentioned in that paragraph, but if his application is rejected he may not make a further application within one year of the time when the rejected application was made.

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(e) (i) The Board shall from time to time as occasion arises appoint such persons for such periods at such remuneration and on such condi- tions as it thinks fit for the purpose of examining applicants for regis- tration under this subsection and of reporting the results of examina- tions to the Board.

(ii) Except where they are unable or unwilling to accept appointment under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the persons constitut- ing the Medical Faculty of any University in the Commonwealth shall be appointed by the Board as the examiners.

(d) The Board may with the approval of giei. 11A the Governor make rules in relation to-

(i)    the manner in which applications under this subsection may be made;

(ii)   the appointment of examiners and the conduct of examinations under this subsection; and

(iii)    such other matters as the Board deems necessary in order to give effect to this subsection.

(e) All the expenses of the examination shall be borne by the applicant.

4. Subsection (3) of section eleven of the prin- sutsee. (3)

cipal Act is amended by—	a°rat Benldled. Cf. No. 8 of
/94, 5 6. 2.

(a)	adding after the word, "period" in the third- last line the words, "of seven years or more";
(b)	adding after the word, "section" being the last word in the subsection the words, "or the period of three years or more or the periods aggregating three years or more ref erred to in subsection (2a) of this section".