Section 16

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1)  Any fully registered person who desires to practise as a medical practitioner after the thirty-first day of December of any year and who produces evidence of having satisfied any requirements or restrictions stipulated by the Council shall, not later than the first day of December of that year, make an application in the prescribed form, produce evidence of professional indemnity cover and pay the prescribed fee for a certificate to practise as a medical practitioner during the ensuing year.”;

in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “(to be styled “annual practising certificate”)” the words “with terms and conditions determined by the Council”;

by substituting for subsection (5) the following subsection:

“(5)  Upon being fully registered under section 14, a person who desires to practise as a medical practitioner shall immediately comply with subsection (1).”;

in subsection (6), by inserting after the words “the applicant,” the words “except in the case of a registered medical practitioner without a fixed place of practice

(locum tenens) where the fact shall be so stated and approved by the Council,”; and

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in subsection (7)—

by substituting for the words “medicine, surgery or obstetrics and gynaecology” the word

“Medicine”;