Medical Act Amendment Act 1955 (WA)

1955.] Medical. [No. 10.

MEDICAL.

4° Elizabeth II., No. X.

No. 10 of 1955.

AN ACT to amend the Medical Act, 1894-1952.

[Assented to 21st October, 1955.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and 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 nrigt,,,

Amendment Act, 1955.

Reprinted

(2) In this Act the Medical Act, 1894-1952,

Acts, Vol.

6, 1954.

Approved

Act No. 36 of 1894 as reprinted with amendments f1'37754r.hit to and including Act No. 65 of 1952, incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938,

is referred to as the principal Act.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Medical Act, 1894-1955.

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amended. 2. Subsection (4) of section ten of the principal Act is amended by adding after the word, "Board" being the last word in the subsection the passage, "on the person-

(a)	making application in the manner pre- scribed by the rules;
(b)	paying at the time prescribed by the rules the fee prescribed by subsection (1) of section sixteen A of this Act; and
(c)	satisfying the Board in manner prescribed by the rules that he has not been convicted or adjudged as mentioned in subsection (1) of section thirteen of this Act."

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amended.	3. Subsection (1) of section thirteen of the prin- "Board" in line nine the words, "or by another authority lawfully exercising elsewhere than in the State powers similar to those conferred upon the Board by this Act,".
Cf. s. 13
as re-enacted	cipal Act is amended by adding after the word,
by No. 22 of
1945, s. 10.
S. 16A

amended.	4. Section sixteen A of the principal Act is
Cf. s. 16A

added by	amended by
No. 22 or 1945, s. 13.

(a)	adding after the subsection designation, "(1)" the letter "a" in brackets thus—(a);
(b)	adding after the word, "prescribed" being the last word in the proviso to subsection (1) the following paragraph:

(b) A person whose name appears in the register but who has not been prac- tising in the State under the author- ity of this Act during a period of at least two years and who for that reason has not paid the fee prescribed

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by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not so practise unless he first obtains authorisation to do so granted by the Board under subsection (4) of this section.

Penalty: For a first offence, fifty ghttrsa ( 3

with a minimum of two LI::.:ted by0 . )

pounds, and for a subsequent offence, No. 22 of

1945, s.

one hundred pounds or imprison-

ment for six months. ;

(c) subsection (2) the words, "the Registrar of Registrar"

adding after the word, "but" in line ten of atsdcfggel (4) of this section by"; and

(d) adding after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(4) Where a person who desires the Board to grant an authorisation men- tioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) or mentioned in subsection (2) of this section

(a)	makes application in the manner prescribed by the rules;
(b)	pays at the time prescribed by the rules the fees prescribed by sub- section (1) of this section; and
(c)	satisfies the Board in manner pre- scribed by the rules that he has not been convicted or adjudged as mentioned in subsection (1) of section thirteen of this Act;

the Board shall grant the authorisation.