Medical Practitioners Act 1995

                                 PART IV

                         Practising Certificates

   51. Applications for annual practising certificate---(1) Every medical
 practitioner who holds probationary registration, general registration,
 or vocational registration and who wishes to obtain an annual practising
 certificate shall apply to the Registrar in accordance with this
 section.

   (2) Every application for an annual practising certificate shall---
   (a) Be in such form and include such information as may be determined
         by the Council, including a statement specifying whether or not
         the applicant is, at the date of the application, engaged in the
         practice of medicine; and
   (b) Be accompanied by the fee (if any) set by the Council.

   (3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section and to section 52 of
 this Act, on receiving an application that complies with this section,
 the Registrar shall issue to the applicant an annual practising
 certificate.

   (4) Where any fine imposed on a medical practitioner under section 110
 of this Act, or any costs payable under an order made under that
 section, or any costs or expenses payable under an order made under
 section 103 (4) of this Act, remain unpaid, the Registrar may decline to
 do any act, or to permit any act to be done, in relation to the issue of
 a practising certificate to that practitioner until the fine or costs or
 expenses are paid.

   (5) Where, pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the Registrar
 declines to do any act, or to permit any act to be done, in relation to
 the issuing of a practising certificate to a medical practitioner, that
 medical practitioner may, by application in writing made to the Council,
 request the Council to review the Registrar's decision, and on any such
 application---
   (a) The Council shall, as soon as practicable, review the Registrar's
         decision, and shall either confirm or revoke that decision; and

   (b) The Registrar's decision shall have effect, or cease to have
         effect, accordingly.
     Cf. 1968, No. 46, s. 67 (2)