Section 25
Privileges of registered persons and disabilities of unregistered persons
Every person whose name is for the time being borne on the
Register as registered under this Act shall be entitled, according to his qualifications, to practise dentistry in accordance with the provisions of this Act and to recover in due course of law reasonable charges for professional aid, advice, visit, dental operation or dental attendance and the value of any dental appliances rendered, made or supplied by him to his patients, provided that at the time of performing such act he had an annual practising certificate in force.
(2)
Subject to section 14, no person shall be entitled to recover in any court any such charges as are referred to in subsection (1) unless at the date when such charges accrued he was a registered dental practitioner and had an annual practising certificate in force:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any person who is a fully registered medical practitioner under any written law relating to the registration of medical practitioners.