Medical Practitioners Act 1995

   52. Restrictions on issue of annual practising certificate---(1)
 Subject to section 51 (4) of this Act, if, in respect of any application
 for an annual practising certificate, the Registrar believes on
 reasonable grounds that---
   (a) The applicant has at any time failed to maintain a reasonable
         standard of professional competence; or
   (b) The applicant has not satisfactorily completed the requirements of
         any competence programme that applies to him or her or that he
         or she has been ordered by the Council to complete; or
   (c) The applicant is a medical practitioner to whom a recertification
         programme applies; or
   (d) The applicant has not held an annual practising certificate within
         the 3 years immediately preceding the date of application; or
   (e) The applicant has not engaged in the practice of medicine within
         the 3 years immediately preceding the date of application,---

 the Registrar shall refer the application to the Council.

   (2) The Registrar or the Council may decline to issue an annual
 practising certificate if satisfied that any information included in the
 application is false or misleading.
     Cf. 1968, No. 46, s. 67 (2); 1979, No. 53, s. 27 (2); 1980, No. 122,
       s. 3 (2)