Optometrists Registration Board Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2004 (WA)

30 December 2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6981

Optometrists Act 1940

Optometrists Registration Board Amendment

Rules (No. 2) 2004

Made by The Optometrists Registration Board with the approval of the
Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These are the Optometrists Registration Board Amendment
Rules (No. 2) 2004.

2.             Commencement

These rules come into operation on the day on which Part 2 Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 comes into operation or on the day of their publication in the Gazette, whichever is the later.

3.             The rules amended

The amendments in these rules are to the Optometrists
Registration Board Rules 1941*.

[* Reprint 2 as at 7 March 2003.

For amendments to 2 December 2004 see Gazette

8 April 2004.]

4.	Rule 27 repealed Rule 27 is repealed.
5.	Rule 29 repealed Rule 29 is repealed.

6.             Rule 43D amended

Rule 43D is amended by deleting “Board.” and inserting instead —

“ State Administrative Tribunal. ”.

7.             Rule 45 amended

Rule 45 is amended by deleting “, or may require the charge or complaint or any part thereof to be verified by statutory declaration of the complainant or of some other person or persons”.

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8.             Rules 46 to 52A replaced by rule 46

Rules 46 to 52A are repealed and the following rule is inserted —

“

46.           Notice of appointment of investigator

If the Board, under section 25A(1) of the Act, appoints a person to investigate a matter relating to an optometrist, the Board shall give or post to the last known place of address of the optometrist a written notice stating that the person has been appointed.

”.

9.             First Appendix amended

(1)	The First Appendix Forms 6 and 8 are deleted.
(2)	The First Appendix Form 10 is amended by deleting “INQUIRY BY” and inserting instead —
“ BEFORE THE ”.

Passed by a resolution of The Optometrists Registration Board at a meeting of the Board held on ..............................................

The Common Seal of The	)
Optometrists Registration	)
Board was at the time of the	)
above resolution affixed in	)
the presence of —	)

ANNE DURACK,

Chairman.

COLIN EMMOTT,

Registrar.

Approved by the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.