Section 16
Annual certificate
of Registration of Pharmacists Act 1951
Every registered pharmacist or body corporate who desires his or its name to be retained on the register shall, before the end of every year, make application in the prescribed manner, and shall pay the prescribed fee, for retention of his or its name on the register during the ensuing year.
(2)
Upon such application and payment, the applicant shall, subject to this Act, be entitled to a certificate (hereinafter referred to as the
“annual certificate”) that he or it is registered under this Act.
(3)
The annual certificate shall be issued by the Registrar and shall, unless cancelled under section 17 be in force from the date of issue to the end of the year.
(4)
The name of any registered pharmacist or body corporate who fails to obtain an annual certificate prior to the commencement of any year shall be removed from the register.
(5)
Any registered pharmacist or body corporate who has failed to obtain an annual certificate prior to the commencement of any year, but who subsequently makes application in such manner and pays such additional fee as may be prescribed, may be granted an annual certificate for the remainder of the year, and his or its name may be re-entered in the register.
Inquiry, restoration into register and removal from register by the