Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

NURSES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1994 (NO. 47 OF 1994) - SECT 11

11. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1A) A certificate of registration shall state the provision by virtue of which the person specified in the certificate is entitled to be registered and set out any conditions to which his or her registration is subject.”; and

    (b)     by omitting subsections (4), (5) and (6) and substituting the following subsections:

“(4) Where—

        (a)     a person ceases to be registered; or

        (b)     the registration of a person is suspended;

the Board may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 14 days.

“(5) Where a person whose registration has been suspended delivers his or her certificate of registration to the Board, the Board shall retain the certificate during the period of the suspension and return it to the person at the expiration of that period unless the person's registration has sooner been cancelled.

“(6) Where, after a certificate of registration has been issued to a person—

        (a)     conditions are imposed on the registration of the person; or

        (b)     conditions imposed on the registration of the person are varied;

the Board may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 14 days to enable a statement of the conditions imposed, or the conditions as varied, to be endorsed on the certificate.

“(6A) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice under subsection (4) or (6).

Penalty: $500.”.