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Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act
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6. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1) —
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(i) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
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“(ba) dispensing optician;”,
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(ii) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (d):
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“(da) optometrist;”,
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and
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(iii) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (i):
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“(ia) radiation therapist;”,
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(b) by substituting the following subsections for subsection (5):
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“(5) Regulations under this section shall, in relation to a profession designated in the regulations, either—
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(a) (i) subject to subsection (5A), include provision for the establishment of a registration board for that profession, and
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(ii) specify the name by which the registration board is to be known,
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or
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(b) specify—
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(i) the name (or, if applicable, the new name) of the registration board referred to in section 26(1) that shall be the registration board for that profession, and
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(ii) that, in order to take account of the fact referred to in subparagraph (i), from the date on which the first appointment under section 28A(4) or (5), as the case may be, takes effect, the registration board referred to in that subparagraph—
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(I) is to cease to be known by the name (or, if applicable, the new name) it had immediately before that date, and
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(II) shall be known by the new name specified for it in the regulations.
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(5A) Regulations under this section may establish one registration board for 2 or more professions designated in the regulations.”,
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and
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(c) in subsection (7), by inserting “(whether effected by virtue of an amendment to subsection (1) or by regulations under this section)” after “number of designated professions”.
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