Opticians Act, 1956
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PART VI. Prescription and Sale of Spectacles. | ||
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Restriction on prescribing spectacles and dispensing prescriptions for spectacles. |
47.—(1) A person shall not, on or after the appointed day, prescribe spectacles unless he is a registered medical practitioner or a registered ophthalmic optician. | |
(2) A person shall not, on or after the appointed day, dispense prescriptions of registered medical practitioners or registered ophthalmic opticians for spectacles unless he is a registered medical practitioner or a registered optician. | ||
(3) If the appointed day occurs before the expiration of the period of two years beginning on the day of the commencement of the Register of Ophthalmic Opticians, a person who satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (3) of section 26 of this Act shall be excepted from subsection (1) and from subsection (2) of this section until the expiration of that period. | ||
(4) If the appointed day occurs before the expiration of the period of two years beginning on the day of the commencement of the Register of Dispensing Opticians, a person who satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (4) of section 35 of this Act shall be excepted from subsection (2) of this section until the expiration of that period. | ||
(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding, in the case of a first offence, twenty pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, one hundred pounds. |