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final stage of drafting . In the course of drafting these

regulations, it has become evident that further amendments

to the Ordinance were necessary in order to implement the-

proposals for the discipline and control of the

professions. The Bill before Members seeks to make those

amendments.

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The major amendments, proposed in the Bill are

mainly enabling provisions.

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Clause 6 introduces a new section 15A to provide

the professional boards with the power to hold examinations

to assess the professional competency of persons applying

for certificates or registrations under the relevant

provisions of the principal Ordinance. The new section 15B

provides that a person may appeal to the Council against

any decision of a board other than a decision in relation

to registration, discipline, provisional registration

and examination.

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Clause 8 deals with Codes of Practice for the

professions. It empowers the boards to provide for

guidelines regulating the activities of persons supervising

registered persons and activities of those who are being

supervised, in the codes of practice prepared by the

boards. It also requires the professional boards to notify

the Supplementary Medical Professions Council

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