Medical Practitioners Act 1995

   54. Decisions of Council as to practising certificates---(1) When an
 application for an annual practising certificate has been referred to
 the Council by the Registrar, the Council shall not decide that the
 certificate should be issued unless it is satisfied that the applicant
 is competent to practise medicine in accordance with his or her
 registration (or, if the Council imposes conditions on the annual
 practising certificate, that the applicant is competent to do so if he
 or she complies with those conditions).

   (2) If the Council, after considering any application for an annual
 practising certificate, decides that---
   (a) The applicant should be issued with an annual practising
         certificate; or
   (b) The applicant should be issued with an annual practising
         certificate, but subject to conditions specified by the
         Council,---
 the Council shall so order; and the Registrar shall issue the
 certificate, and notify the applicant, accordingly.

   (3) If the Council, after considering any application for an annual
 practising certificate, decides that---
   (a) The applicant should not be issued with an annual practising
         certificate until the applicant has fulfilled 1 or more
         conditions determined by the Council; or
   (b) The applicant should not be issued with an annual practising
         certificate,---
 the Council shall so order; and the Registrar shall notify the applicant
 of the decision and the reasons for it.

   (4) If the Council declines an application for an annual practising
 certificate under subsection (3) (a) of this section, it may
 nevertheless order that the Registrar issue an interim practising
 certificate to the applicant under section 57 of this Act, pending
 fulfilment of the conditions imposed.