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DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT)

Ord. No. 49/77

A199

HONG KONG

No. 49 OF 1977

L.S.

I assent.

MURRAY MACLEHOSE,

Governor.

29th June, 1977.

An Ordinance to amend the Dentists Registration Ordinance.

[30th June, 1977]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dentists Registration (Amend- Short title and ment) Ordinance 1977.

(2) Sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 shall come into operation on the 1st

January 1978.

commencement

(3) Where a registered dentist makes an application before the 1st January 1978 for a certificate to practise under section 25 of the Stamp (Cap. 117.) Ordinance in respect of the year 1978 the application shall be treated as

an application for a practising certificate under section 11A of the Dentists (Cap. 156.) Registration Ordinance and the Secretary may issue a practising certificate before that date as if that section were already in operation.

2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after Amendment of the definition of "Medical Council" the following new definition-

"practising certificate" means a certificate issued under section 11A;".

section 2.

(Cap. 156.)

3. Section 4(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of paragraph (d) and substituting the following-

"(d) four dental surgeons qualified to be registered under paragraph

(a) or (b) of section 8 to be appointed by the Director—

(i) from a panel of not less than twelve such dental surgeons nominated by the Hong Kong Dental Association; or

(ii) in the event of the Hong Kong Dental Association failing to nominate at least twelve such dental surgeons, at the discre- tion of the Director.".

4. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and

(b) by inserting the following new subsection-

5.

"(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Council may require any applicant for registration to pass such examinations as it may determine.".

section 4.

Amendment of

section 8.

Section 11(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "Every" and substituting the following-

section 11.

"Subject to section 11A(7), every”.