Section 13
Practice or activity to continue pending determination of registration
of Allied Health Professions Act 2016
Where an Allied Health Profession is added into the Second
Schedule, any person practising such Allied Health Profession on the effective date of such addition, shall, within twelve months from such effective date, or any other period as may be extended by the
Council, apply to be registered as an allied health practitioner under this Act.
(2)
Where an activity is prescribed as an activity relating to allied health to which this Act shall apply, any person carrying on such activity on the effective date of the regulations, shall, within twelve months from such effective date, or any other period as may be extended by the Council, apply to be registered as an allied health practitioner under this Act.
(3)
Any person referred to in subsections (1) and (2) may continue to practise such profession or to carry on such activity pending the determination of his application for registration.
(4)
Where an application for registration under this section is approved, the applicant shall, within twelve months from the date the registration is approved or any other period as may be extended by the Council, take the necessary action to comply with the terms and conditions imposed on the registration, if any.
(5)
Where the applicant fails to comply with the terms and conditions imposed on the registration, the approval on such
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registration shall lapse.
(6)
Where an application for registration under this section is refused, the applicant shall cease to practise or carry on the activity, from the date the applicant is notified of the decision of the
Council.