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(ii) any nurse who fails to acknowledge within 12 months after the date of dispatch the receipt of a registered letter or telegram addressed to him at his last address as recorded in the register shall be deemed not to have kept the secretary supplied with an address under this paragraph. (Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)

Qualification for registration

8. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no person shall be qualified to be registered under this Ordinance unless he has satisfied the Board that-

(a) he has attained the minimum age of 21 years;

(b) he is of good character,

and in addition thereto-

(c) he has completed such training as may be prescribed and has passed

such examinations as may be required by the Board; or

(d) his name is registered in any part of the register maintained by the

General Nursing Council for England and Wales; or

(e) his name is registered in any part of the register maintained by the

General Nursing Council for Scotland; or

(f) his name is registered in the register maintained by the Joint Nursing

and Midwives Council for Northern Ireland; or

(g) he possesses a valid certificate to practise nursing issued by such certifying body, other than the above, as may be recognized by the Board from time to time as constituting sufficient evidence of his competency to practise nursing.

(Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 5)

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may require any applicant for registration in any part of the register to prove his competency in nursing by examination conducted by examiners appointed by the Board and, if required, to undergo such further training as the Board may specify.

Registration

9. (1) Any person who considers himself qualified to be registered in any part of the register may apply in the manner prescribed to the secretary for registration.

(2) The name of a person qualified to be registered in accordance with section 8 who has complied with subsection (1) and with any regulations relating thereto shall, subject to payment of any prescribed fee and to subsection (3), be entered upon the register by the Board. (Replaced, 67 of 1985, s. 16)

(3) If, after due inquiry into any case referred to it by the Preliminary Investigation Committee in accordance with regulations made under section 27, the Board is satisfied that a person applying under subsection (1) has in Hong Kong or elsewhere-