Opticians Act, 1956
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Restriction on selling spectacles. |
49.—(1) A person shall not, on or after the appointed day, sell spectacles unless— | |
(a) in case the person is not a body corporate, the person is a registered medical practitioner or a registered optician or, if the sale is conducted on behalf of the person by another person, that person is a registered medical practitioner or a registered optician, or | ||
(b) in case the person is a body corporate, the sale is conducted by a registered medical practitioner or a registered optician. | ||
(2) 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) of this section until the expiration of that period. | ||
(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 Dispensing Opticians, a person who satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (4) of section 35 of this Act shall be excepted from subsection (1) of this section until the expiration of that period. | ||
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) 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, ten pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, fifty pounds. |