Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

2: Registration of, and practising certificates for, health practitioners

31 Interim practising certificate




    31 Interim practising certificate

  (1)  If, under section 29(7), an authority authorises the issue of an interim
practising certificate, the Registrar must,
on payment by the applicant of the fee (if any) set by the authority, issue the
interim practising certificate, which---

      (a)  is in force for a period stated in the certificate that may not be
longer than 12 months after the date of its issue or any extension;
and

      (b)  is subject to any conditions that the authority specifies.

  (2)  The authority may at any time authorise the extension of an issued
interim certificate by a further period stated in the certificate that may not
be
longer than
12 months after the date on which the interim certificate was originally
issued.

  (3)  The interim practising certificate is cancelled if, at any time during
the currency of an interim practising certificate,---

      (a)  the holder of the certificate ceases to be registered; or

      (b)  an annual practising certificate is issued to the holder of the
certificate.

  (4)  The authority may at any time order the Registrar to cancel any interim
practising certificate and give notice of the cancellation, and the reasons for
it, to the health practitioner concerned.
Compare: 1995 No 95 s 57

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