Section 18 — OPTICAL ACT 1991

(2)

The Council may authorize the registration of any person as an optician if he satisfies the Council that he is not less than eighteen years of age, is a fit and proper person to be registered as an optician and—

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(a)

was engaged in the practice of prescribing and dispensing ophthalmic lenses for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to the coming into force of this Act; or

(b)

holds a qualification which is not specified in the First

Schedule but is deemed suitable by the Minister, after consulting the Council, for purposes of registration.

(3)

The Council may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Council may impose, allow a person—

(a)

who is attending a course leading to any of the qualifications specified in the First Schedule; and

(b)

who is required to undergo practical training as part of such course, to be provisionally registered in the Register of opticians for the duration of such practical training and, notwithstanding section 29, such person may practise as if he was a registered optician.

(4)

Where the Council is satisfied that a person who is provisionally registered under subsection (3)—

(a)

is not or is no longer attending a course leading to any of the qualifications specified in the First Schedule;

(b)

is not or is no longer undergoing practical training as part of such course; or

(c)

has contravened any condition or restriction imposed upon him, the Council may revoke the provisional registration of such person and order his name to be struck off the Register.

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Persons entitled to be registered as optometrists