Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

NURSES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1994 (NO. 47 OF 1994) - SECT 19

19. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended—

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

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

        (b)     by omitting subsections (3), (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections:

“(3) Where—

        (a)     a person ceases to be enrolled; or

        (b)     the enrolment 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 enrolment to the Board within 14 days.

“(4) Where a person whose enrolment has been suspended delivers his or her certificate of enrolment 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 enrolment has sooner been cancelled.

“(5) Where, after a certificate of enrolment has been issued to a person—

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

        (b)     conditions imposed on the enrolment 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 enrolment 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.

“(5A) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice under subsection (3) or (5).

Penalty: $500.”.