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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 22, 1931.
(2) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall forthwith-com- municate with the Respondent by registered letter informing her of the decision of the Board.
(3) In the case of the temporary removal of the Respondent from the Register, the Board shall retain the certificate and badge, if any, and shall delete her name from the part or parts of the Register in which it is included, during the period of removal, and in the case of complete removal shall delete the Respondent's name from the part or parts of the Register in which it is included, and cancel her certificate and retain the cancelled certificate and badge, if any.
31. If any question shall arise as to the meaning or effect of these Regu- lations, or if any question or matter shall arise which is not provided for by these Regulations, such question or matter shall be decided by the Board, and the decision of the Board shall be final.
PART VI.
RESTORATION OF NURSE TO THE REGISTER.
32.-(1) When a nurse has been removed from the Register altogether under Part V of these Regulations, application for restoration to the Register shall be made in writing addressed to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and by the applicant, stating the grounds on which the application is made.
(2) The application shall contain the names and addresses of two or more persons of whom two shall be either Justices of the Peace, Ministers of Religion, registered Medical Practitioners, or Registered Nurses able and willing to identify the applicant and give evidence as to her character, and the nature of her employment both before and since the date of her removal, and such other evidence as the Board may require.
(3) The Board may require the applicant to verify by a statutory decla- ration any statement made in her application, or any further statement that they may think necessary, and may, if they think fit, require the applicant to attend in person at a meeting of the Board, or of any Committee of the Board. at which the matter is to be considered.
33. If, upon consideration of the application and of the evidence fur- nished in support of it, the Board are satisfied that the name of the applicant should be restored to the Register, they may direct this to be done and upon payment by the applicant of a fee of $5, her name shall be re-included in the appropriate part or parts of the Register, and a new certificate shall be issued to her.
34. If any question shall arise as to the meaning or effect of these Regulations, or if any question or matter shall arise which is not provided for by these Regulations, such question or matter shall be decided by the Board, and the decision of the Board shall be final.
35. In the event of the removal or restoration after removal of the name of a nurse from any part of the Register under Rules 24 to 34 hereof inclusive, notification of the fact shall be forthwith sent by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services to the General Nursing Councils of England and Wales, or Scotland or to the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or to the General Nursing Council of the Irish Free State, if the Board is aware that such nurse is or was registered in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Irish Free State under the Nurses Registration Act, 1919 or the Nurses Registration Act of Scotland or under the Council for Northern Ireland or for the Irish Free State.
In the event of the Board receiving a notification from the General Nursing Council of England and Wales or Scotland or the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or the General Nursing Council for the Irish Free State that the name of any nurse registered by any or all of those Councils has been removed from the Register in England and Wales,