Australian Capital Territory

optometrists act 1956
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Updated as at 9 December 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
Part I—Preliminary
	1.	Short title
	2.	Commencement
	3.	 Interpretation
	4.	Competence to practise optometry
	5.	Impairment
Part II—The Optometrists Board
	6.	The Optometrists Board
	7.	Constitution of Board
Part III—Registration
Division 1—Qualifications for registration
	8.	Entitlement to registration based on qualifications and training
	9.	Registration under mutual recognition principle
	10.	Registration at discretion of Board
	11.	Interim registration
	12.	Conditions of registration in cases of impairment
	13.	Refusal of registration where applicant convicted of offence
	14.	Refusal of registration where applicant deregistered outside Territory
	15.	Applicants to be competent and of good character
	16.	Restriction on registration of deregistered or suspended persons
Division 2—Registration procedure
	17.	Applications for registration
	18.	Applications to be considered and determined
	19.	Registration of applicants
	20.	Fee for registration pursuant to Mutual Recognition Act
	21.	Conditions of registration
Division 3—Register of Optometrists
	22.	Register
	23.	Particulars to be entered in Register
	24.	Certificates of registration
	25.	Deregistration on basis of disciplinary action under foreign law
	26.	Imposition of conditions imposed under foreign law
	27.	Cessation of registration
Division  4—Annual fees
	28.	Annual fee payable
	29.	Registration to be cancelled for non-payment
	30.	Entitlement to re-registration on payment of fees
	31.	Change of address to be notified
	32.	Publication of names of registered optometrists
	33.	Alteration of Register
Part IV—The Conduct of Optometrical Practice
	34.	Cancellation or suspension of registration
	35.	Cancellation, suspension or restriction of right of practise on health grounds
	36.	Practising when registration suspended
	37.	Power of Board to caution, reprimand etc.
	38.	Power of Board to impose fines
	39.	Application for re-registration
	40.	Inquiry by Board
	41.	Unregistered persons not to practise optometry
	42.	Provisions relating to practice of optometry by firms and companies
	43.	Administration of estate of deceased optometrist
	44.	Use of title “optometrist” etc.
	45.	Sale of spectacles
part v—appeals
	46.	Review of decisions
	47.	Notification of decisions
Part vi—Miscellaneous
	48.	Power of search
	49.	Obstruction
	50.	Offences by firms
	51.	Publication of notice of decision
	52.	Actions for recovery of fees or remuneration
	53.	Review of accounts for fees for optometry services
	54.	Name of optometrist to be exhibited
	55.	Power of Minister to determine fees
	56.	Inspection of the Register
	57.	Regulations

Australian Capital Territory

optometrists act 1956
An Act to provide for the Registration of Persons engaged in the Practice of Optometry and to control Optometrical Practice
Part I—Preliminary
1. 	Short title
	This Act may be cited as the Optometrists Act 1956.1
2. 	Commencement
	This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.1
3. 	Interpretation
(1) 	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Board” means the Optometrists Board established by section 6;
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board;
“Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Board;
“determined fee” means the fee determined by the Minister under section 55 for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs;
“medical practitioner” means a person—
	(a)	who is registered under the Medical Practitioners Act 1930; or
	(b)	who is to be deemed to be registered under that Act by virtue of section 25 of the Mutual Recognition Act;
“member” means a member of the Board;
“Mutual Recognition Act” means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth;
“optometry” means—
	(a)	the employment of methods, other than methods that involve surgery, in—
	(i)	the examination of the eyes for evidence of abnormal or defective vision;
	(ii)	the measurement of the powers of vision; or
	(iii)	the measurement of ocular motility or co-ordination; or
	(b)	the adaptation of lenses for the aid of the powers of vision, 
but does not include—
	(c)	the dispensing of prescriptions for lenses written by medical practitioners; or
	(d)	the craft of lens-grinding or spectacles-making;
“Register” means The Register of Optometrists kept in accordance with section 22;
“registered optometrist” means a person—
	(a)	who is registered under this Act; or
	(b)	who is to be deemed to be registered under this Act by virtue of section 25 of the Mutual Recognition Act.
(2) 	For the purposes of this Act—
	(a)	a natural person shall be deemed to practise optometry if—
	(i)	he or she practises optometry personally on his or her own account or as a member of a firm;
	(ii)	in the course of a business carried on by him or her, a person or persons employed by him or her is or are engaged in optometry; or 
	(iii)	he or she is engaged in optometry as a person employed in a business carried on by another person (including a company) or by a firm;
	(b)	a company or firm shall be deemed to practise optometry if, in the course of a business carried on by the company or firm, a person or persons employed by the company or firm or, in the case of a firm, a member or members of the firm, is or are engaged in optometry.
4. 	Competence to practise optometry
	For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken to be competent to practise optometry only if the person—
	(a)	has sufficient physical capacity, mental capacity and skill to practise optometry; and
	(b)	has sufficient communication skills for practising optometry, including an adequate command of the English language.
5. 	Impairment
(1) 	For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken to suffer from an impairment if the person suffers from any physical or mental impairment, disability, condition or disorder which detrimentally affects, or is likely to detrimentally affect, the person’s physical or mental capacity to practise optometry.
(2) 	For the purposes of subsection (1), habitual drunkenness or addiction to a deleterious drug shall be taken to be a physical or mental disorder.
Part II—The Optometrists Board
6. 	The Optometrists Board
(1) 	For the purposes of this Act there shall be a board, which shall be known as the Optometrists Board.
7. 	Constitution of Board
(1) 	The Board shall consist of—
	(a)	a Chairperson, and 1 other member, appointed in accordance with the Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Act 1981; and
	(b)	1 member elected, as occasion requires, in accordance with the Health Professions Boards (Elections) Act 1980.
(2) 	A person is not eligible for appointment as a member unless—
	(a)	he or she is a registered optometrist; and
	(b)	he or she was, at all times during the period of 3 years immediately preceding his or her appointment, entitled, under the law of a State or Territory, to practise as an optometrist in that State or Territory.
(5) 	The Chairperson shall be the executive officer of the Board.
Part III—Registration
Division 1—Qualifications for registration
8. 	Entitlement to registration based on qualifications and training
(1) 	A person is entitled to be registered as an optometrist if—
	(a)	the person is a graduate of a course of education or training in optometry offered by an Australian institution, being a course that is accredited by the Board or approved by a registration authority of a State or another Territory; or
	(b)	the person—
	(i)	has completed a course of education or training in a place outside Australia that is substantially equivalent to a course referred to in paragraph (a) and qualifies the person to practise as an optometrist in that place; and
	(ii)	has undertaken such further education or training, gained such experience in practising optometry and passed such examinations as the Board requires.
(2) 	The Board shall not, for the purposes of subparagraph (1) (b) (ii), require a person to gain experience in practising optometry for a period that exceeds 1 year.
(3) 	The entitlement under this section is an entitlement to registration that is not subject to any condition.
9. 	Registration under mutual recognition principle
(1) 	A person who is registered as an optometrist under the law in force in a State or another Territory that is a participating jurisdiction within the meaning of the Mutual Recognition Act is entitled to be registered as an optometrist under this Act.
(2) 	If the person’s registration in the State or other Territory is not subject to any condition or restriction, the person’s entitlement to registration under this Act is an entitlement to registration that is not subject to any condition.
(3) 	If the person’s registration in the State or other Territory is subject to any condition or restriction, the person’s entitlement to registration under this Act is an entitlement to registration subject to the conditions to which that registration is subject or conditions appropriate to give effect to any restriction to which that registration is subject.
10. 	Registration at discretion of Board
(1) 	Where a person is a graduate of a course of education or training referred to in subparagraph 8 (1) (b) (i), the Board may register the person as an optometrist on a temporary basis to enable him or her to—
	(a)	undertake a course of education or training approved by the Board; or
	(b)	gain experience in practising optometry.
(2) 	The Board may register a person as an optometrist for the purpose of enabling the person to fill a teaching or research position if—
	(a)	the person has qualifications that the Board considers appropriate for that purpose; and
	(b)	the application is supported, in writing, by the hospital, professional association, university or other institution by which it is proposed that the person be engaged for that purpose.
(3) 	The Board may register a person as an optometrist on a temporary basis if it is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.
(4) 	The Board may impose such conditions on the registration of a person under this section as it considers appropriate.
11. 	Interim registration
(1) 	An applicant for registration may be granted interim registration where—
	(a)	the applicant is entitled to registration under section 8 but it is not practicable to wait until the Board can consider the application; or
	(b)	the applicant would be entitled to registration under section 8 except for the fact that a degree or award to which the applicant is entitled has not yet been conferred or granted by the institution concerned.
(2) 	A person authorised by the Board for the purposes of this section may, on payment of the determined fee, grant an applicant for registration interim registration in accordance with this section.
(3) 	Interim registration granted to a person under this section remains in force from the time at which it is granted until the person is given notice in writing that the Board has—
	(a)	granted him or her registration;
	(b)	refused his or her application for registration; or
	(c)	cancelled the interim registration.
(4) 	The Board may cancel a person’s interim registration for any reason that it considers proper and shall immediately give the person notice in writing of the cancellation.
(5) 	A person who holds interim registration is for all purposes to be taken to be a registered optometrist.
12. 	Conditions of registration in cases of impairment
(1) 	The Board may impose conditions on a person’s registration if the Board is satisfied that the person suffers from an impairment and the conditions are reasonably required having regard to the impairment.
(2) 	Where conditions have been imposed on a person’s registration under this section (including conditions imposed on a review under this section), the Board may, if so requested by the person, review the conditions and, if it is satisfied—
	(a)	that the person no longer suffers from the impairment; or
	(b)	that the impairment has lessened;
the Board may alter or remove the conditions or impose new conditions.
13. 	Refusal of registration where applicant convicted of offence
(1) 	Subject to subsection (3), the Board may refuse an application for registration if—
	(a)	the applicant has been convicted in the Territory of an offence or has been convicted outside the Territory by a court for or in respect of an act or omission that would, had it taken place in the Territory, have constituted an offence; and 
	(b)	the Board is of the opinion that the conviction renders the person unfit in the public interest to practise optometry.
(2) 	The Board shall have regard to the nature of an offence and the circumstances in which it was committed in making a decision under subsection (1).
(3) 	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person who is entitled to registration pursuant to the Mutual Recognition Act and who has lodged with the Board a notice under section 19 of that Act.
14. 	Refusal of registration where applicant deregistered outside Territory
(1) 	Subject to subsection (3), the Board may refuse an application for registration if the applicant’s name has been removed from a foreign register of optometrists for any reason relating to—
	(a)	conduct of the person as an optometrist; or
	(b)	the physical or mental capacity of the person to practise optometry.
(2) 	A person’s name shall be taken to have been removed from a foreign register of optometrists if it is removed from any register or roll established or kept under any law of that State or Territory providing for the registration or enrolment of optometrists.
(3) 	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person who is entitled to registration pursuant to the Mutual Recognition Act and who has lodged with the Board a notice under section 19 of that Act.
15. 	Applicants to be competent and of good character
(1) 	Subject to subsection (2), the Board shall not register a person as an optometrist unless it is satisfied that the person is competent to practise optometry and is of good character.
(2) 	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person who is entitled to registration pursuant to the Mutual Recognition Act and who has lodged with the Board a notice under section 19 of that Act.
16. 	Restriction on registration of deregistered or suspended persons
(1) 	Subject to subsection (2), where the registration of a person under this Act has been cancelled (otherwise than under section 25 or subsection 29 (2)) or suspended (otherwise than under subsection 40 (2)) the person may not apply for re-registration or termination of the suspension, as the case may be, otherwise than under section 39.
(2) 	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person who is entitled to be re-registered pursuant to the Mutual Recognition Act and who has lodged with the Board a notice under section 19 of that Act.
Division 2—Registration procedure
17. 	Applications for registration
(1) 	This section applies to applications for registration other than applications by persons who are entitled to registration pursuant to the Mutual Recognition Act and who lodge with the Board a notice under section 19 of that Act.
(2) 	An application for registration to which this section applies shall—
	(a)	be in a form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be accompanied by the determined fee.
18. 	Applications to be considered and determined
	The Board shall consider each application under section 17 and shall determine the application by—
	(a)	registering the applicant unconditionally or subject to conditions; or
	(b)	refusing the application.
19. 	Registration of applicants
	Where a person who is applying for registration otherwise than under the Mutual Recognition Act—
	(a)	complies with section 17;
	(b)	appears personally before the Board or a nominee of the Board in support of his or her application if required by the Board to do so; and
	(c)	is entitled to registration in accordance with this Act;
the Board shall, subject to this Act, cause the applicant to be registered.
20. 	Fee for registration pursuant to Mutual Recognition Act
	A person who applies for registration under this Act pursuant to the Mutual Recognition Act shall pay the determined fee.
21. 	Conditions of registration
	The conditions that the Board may impose on registration at the time of registration include conditions relating to the duration of registration, the aspects of practice in which the person who is registered may be engaged and conditions relating to any other matters the Board considers appropriate.
Division 3—Register of Optometrists
22. 	Register
(1) 	The Board shall keep a register called “The Register of Optometrists”.
(2) 	The Register may be maintained by electronic means.
23. 	Particulars to be entered in Register
	The registration of a person shall be effected by entering in the Register—
	(a)	the name of the person;
	(b)	the person’s professional address or addresses in the Territory or, if he or she has no professional address in the Territory, his or her place of residence, whether within or outside the Territory;
	(c)	particulars of the person’s qualifications;
	(d)	the registration number allotted to the person;
	(e)	the date of registration;
	(f)	any conditions to which the person’s registration is subject; and
	(g)	such other particulars, if any, as are prescribed.
24. 	Certificates of registration
(1) 	Where a person is registered as an optometrist under this Act, the Board shall cause to be issued to the person a certificate of registration signed by the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
(2) 	A certificate of registration shall state the provision by virtue of which the person specified in the certificate is entitled to be registered under this Act and any conditions to which his or her registration is subject.
(3) 	A certificate of registration is evidence that the person specified in the certificate was registered on the date specified in the certificate.
(4) 	Where a certificate issued under subsection (1) has been destroyed or lost, the Board shall, on payment of the determined fee, cause to be issued to the registered optometrist a duplicate certificate.
(5) 	Where the registration of a person has been cancelled or suspended, the Chairperson shall, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Chairperson within 14 days.
(6) 	Where a person whose registration has been suspended delivers his or her certificate of registration to the Board, the Board shall retain the certificate during the period of the suspension and return it to the person at the expiration of that period unless the person’s registration has sooner been cancelled.
(7) 	Where, after a certificate of registration has been issued to a person—
	(a)	conditions are imposed on the registration of the person; or
	(b)	conditions imposed on the registration of the person are varied;
the Chairperson may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Chairperson within 14 days to enable a statement of the conditions imposed, or the conditions as varied, to be endorsed on the certificate.
(8) 	A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice under subsection (5) or (7).
Penalty:  5 penalty units.
(9) 	A notice for the purpose of subsection (5) or (7) may be given to a person by post addressed to the person at his or her address last known to the Chairperson.
25. 	Deregistration on basis of disciplinary action under foreign law
(1) 	Where the Board is satisfied that the name of a person who is registered under this Act has been removed from any register or roll kept under a law of a State or another Territory for any reason relating to—
	(a)	conduct of the person as an optometrist; or
	(b)	the physical or mental capacity of the person to practise optometry;
the Board shall cancel the registration of the person.
(2) 	Where—
	(a)	the name of a person whose registration has been cancelled under subsection (1) is restored to the register or roll referred to in that subsection; and
	(b)	the person applies to the Board to be re-registered under this Act;
the Board shall re-register the person.
(3) 	Where the Board is satisfied that the name of a person who is registered under this Act has been removed from any register or roll kept under a law of a place outside Australia for any reason relating to—
	(a)	conduct of the person as an optometrist; or
	(b)	the physical or mental capacity of the person to practise optometry;
the Board may cancel the registration of the person.
(4) 	The Board may re-register a person whose registration has been cancelled under subsection (3) if the Board is satisfied that it is appropriate in the circumstances to do so.
26. 	Imposition of conditions imposed under foreign law
(1) 	Where the Board is satisfied that after a person has been registered under this Act a condition has been imposed on the registration of the person as an optometrist under a law of a State or another Territory, the Board shall impose a similar condition on the registration of the person under this Act.
(2) 	Where the Board is satisfied that after a person has been registered under this Act a condition has been imposed on the registration of the person as an optometrist under a law of a place outside Australia, the Board may impose a similar condition on the registration of the person under this Act.
27. 	Cessation of registration
	A registered optometrist ceases to be registered—
	(a)	when the Board gives the person notice that his or her registration has been cancelled in accordance with this Act; or
	(b)	if registration is conditional and the period of registration is specified in a condition—when that period expires.
Division 4—Annual fees
28. 	Annual fee payable
(1) 	A registered optometrist shall, on or before 1 July in each year, pay the Territory the determined fee.
(2) 	The Board shall cause to be sent to each registered optometrist, not less than 1 month before 1 July in each year, a notice requiring him or her to comply with subsection (1).
(3) 	The liability of a registered optometrist for a fee payable by him or her under subsection (1) is not affected by a failure of the Board to comply with subsection (2).
29. 	Registration to be cancelled for non-payment 
(1) 	Where a registered optometrist does not comply with subsection 28 (1), the Board shall cause to be sent to the optometrist a notice requiring him or her to pay the fee due under that subsection by a day specified in the notice and advising him or her that if the fee is not paid on or before that day his or her registration will be cancelled.
(2) 	The Board shall cancel the registration of an optometrist to whom a notice has been sent under subsection (1) and who has not paid the fee due by the day specified in the notice.
30. 	Entitlement to re-registration on payment of fees
(1) 	A person whose name has been removed from the Register for failure to pay an annual fee is entitled to be re-registered if he or she makes application in accordance with this section.
(2) 	An application for re-registration under this section shall—
	(a)	be in a form approved by the Board; and 
	(b)	be accompanied by the determined fee.
(3) 	The entitlement of a person to re-registration under this section is an entitlement to registration on the same terms and subject to the same conditions (if any) as applied to the person’s registration immediately before the removal of his or her name from the Register.
(4) 	The Board may refuse to re-register a person under this section if it is satisfied that the person is not competent to practise optometry or is not of good character.
(5) 	An entitlement to re-registration under this section is subject to the provisions of this Act pursuant to which a person’s name is authorised or required to be removed from the Register.
31. 	Change of address to be notified
	Where—
	(a)	a change occurs in an address of a registered optometrist shown in the Register; or
	(b)	a registered optometrist establishes a professional address, or an additional professional address, in the Territory,
the registered optometrist shall, within 1 month of the change or establishment, as the case may be, notify the Chairperson in writing accordingly.
Penalty:  5 penalty units.
32. 	Publication of names of registered optometrists
	The Board shall, as soon as practicable after 1 July in each year, cause to be published in the Gazette a notice containing the names of all optometrists registered under this Act on that day and the professional address or professional addresses, if any, of each of those optometrists.
33. 	Alteration of Register
(1) 	The Board shall cause to be removed from the Register the name of a registered optometrist who has died or whose registration has been cancelled.
(2) 	The Board may, from time to time, at the request of a person or of its own accord, make such other alterations to particulars in the Register as are necessary.
(3) 	The Board shall not make an alteration to particulars in the Register at the request of a person unless it is satisfied that the determined fee has been paid.
Part IV—The Conduct of Optometrical Practice
34. 	Cancellation or suspension of registration
(1) 	The Board may—
	(a)	cancel the registration of a person; or
	(b)	by order served on the person, suspend the registration of the person for such period as the Board thinks fit;
if it is satisfied that—
	(c)	the registration of the person was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
	(d)	the optometrical qualification of the person has been withdrawn or cancelled by the body which granted it;
	(e)	the person has contravened this Act or the regulations;
	(f)	the person has contravened a condition to which his or her registration under this Act is subject;
	(g)	the person has been convicted in the Territory or elsewhere of an offence punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year or any offence that, in the opinion of the Board, renders him or her unfit to practise as an optometrist;
	(h)	the person has failed to exercise adequate judgment or care in practising optometry;
	(j)	the person has engaged in conduct, whether in practising optometry or not, that adversely affects practising optometry by the person;
	(k)	the person has permitted an assistant who is employed by the person in connection with his or her optometrical practice, but who is not a registered optometrist, to attend or treat patients in respect of matters requiring professional discretion or skill;
	(m)	the person has advertised, otherwise than as permitted by subsection (3), for the purpose of procuring patients or practice, or has sanctioned, or has been associated with or employed by a person who has sanctioned, such an advertisement;
	(n)	the person has canvassed, or employed an agent or canvasser, for the purpose of procuring patients or practice, or has sanctioned, or been associated with or employed by a person who has sanctioned, the employment of an agent or canvasser for that purpose;
	(p)	the person is guilty of habitual drunkenness, or addiction to a deleterious drug, that renders him or her unfit to practise as an optometrist;
	(q)	the person has engaged in any other improper or unethical conduct relating to practising optometry; or
	(r)	the person is not competent to practise optometry.
(2) 	Subsection (1) does not apply to conduct of the kind referred to in paragraph (1) (k) where that conduct takes place in connection with—
	(a)	the proper training and instruction of optometry students or other students; or
	(b)	collaborating in experimental or research work in optometry with a person who is the holder of a university degree in science or another degree recognised by the Board generally or in a particular case for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) 	A registered optometrist may, in a manner approved by the Board—
	(a)	publish, from time to time, a notice of the fact that he or she practises as an optometrist and of the place or places at which he or she practises;
	(b)	publish a notice or notices of the fact that he or she has commenced or resumed practice as an optometrist or a notice or notices of a change of the address at which he or she practises as an optometrist; or
	(c)	exhibit at the place or places at which he or she practises as an optometrist a notice or notices containing his or her name and qualifications.
(4) 	In approving a manner of giving notice for the purposes of subsection (3), the Board shall have regard to the accepted customs and usages of the optometry profession.
Cancellation, suspension or restriction of right of practise on health grounds
35.  (1)  Subject to subsection (2), the Board shall, when it is satisfied that the mental or physical condition of a person who is registered as an optometrist renders him or her unfit to practise optometry—
	(a)	cancel the registration of the person; or
	(b)	by order served on the person, suspend the registration of the person for such period as the Board thinks fit.
(2) 	The Board may, instead of cancelling or suspending the registration of a person, where it is satisfied that the person is fit to give or perform some optometrical services and that it would not be contrary to the public interest to make an order under this subsection, by order served on the person direct the person not to give or perform the optometrical services specified, whether individually or otherwise, in the order.
(3) 	Where the Board has made an order under subsection (2) in relation to a person, it may, if so requested by the person, review the order and, if it is satisfied that the mental or physical condition of the person has changed since the order was made, amend or revoke the order.
(4) 	A person on whom an order under paragraph (1) (b) or subsection (2) has been served who gives or performs an optometrical service in contravention of that order shall, in giving or performing the service, be deemed to be a person other than a registered optometrist.
36. 	Practising when registration suspended
	Where a person whose registration as an optometrist has been suspended is convicted of an offence against section 41 or 44, the Board may—
	(a)	cancel the registration of the person; or
	(b)	by order served on the person, suspend the registration of the person for such further period as the Board thinks fit.
37. 	Power of Board to caution, reprimand etc.
	The Board may do any 1 or more of the following in relation to the conduct of a registered optometrist:
	(a)	caution or reprimand the optometrist;
	(b)	order that the optometrist seek and undergo medical or psychiatric treatment or counselling;
	(c)	impose on the optometrist’s registration such conditions relating to practising optometry as the Board considers appropriate.
38. 	Power of Board to impose fines
(1) 	Subject to subsection (2), where the Board finds that an optometrist has failed to comply with an order of the Board under paragraph 37 (b) it may, by order served on the person, impose on him or her a fine not exceeding $1,000.
(2) 	A fine imposed under this section shall be paid to the Territory within the time specified in the order imposing the fine.
(3) 	Where a person on whom the Board has imposed a fine under subsection (1) fails to pay the fine by the time specified in the order, the Board may—
	(a)	cancel the registration of the person; or
	(b)	by order served on the person, suspend the registration of the person for such period as the Board thinks fit.
39. 	Application for re-registration
(1) 	Where the registration of a person has been cancelled, otherwise than under section 25 or subsection 29 (2), or suspended, otherwise than under subsection 40 (2), the person may apply for re-registration or termination of the suspension, as the case may be, on the ground that, by reason of a specified change in the circumstances that has occurred since the date of the cancellation or suspension, it is just that he or she should be re-registered or his or her suspension should be terminated.
(2) 	On an application under this section the Board may, if it is satisfied that, by reason of the change in circumstances, the person should be re-registered or his or her suspension should be terminated, order that the person be re-registered or that his or her suspension be terminated, as the case requires.
40. 	Inquiry by Board
(1) 	The Board shall hold an inquiry before—
	(a)	cancelling the registration of a person otherwise than under section 25 or subsection 29 (2);
	(b)	suspending the registration of a person otherwise than under subsection (2);
	(c)	directing a person not to give or perform specified services under subsection 35 (2); or
	(d)	taking any action under section 37.
(2) 	Pending the holding of an inquiry under subsection (1), the Board may, by order served on the person to whom the inquiry relates, suspend temporarily the registration of the person.
41. 	Unregistered persons not to practise optometry
(1) 	Subject to this section, a person other than a registered optometrist shall not practise optometry.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) 	Notwithstanding anything contained in the Medical Practitioners Act 1930, a registered optometrist may practise optometry.
(3) 	Subsection (1) does not apply to, or in relation to, a medical practitioner or a company.
42. 	Provisions relating to practice of optometry by firms and companies
(1) 	A firm or company shall not practise optometry unless all the members and employees of the firm, or all the employees of the company, engaged in optometry are registered optometrists.
Penalty:  250 penalty units.
(2) 	A firm or company shall not advertise that it will provide an optometry service whether through a registered optometrist or otherwise.
Penalty:  150 penalty units.
43. 	Administration of estate of deceased optometrist
	On the death of a registered optometrist who was at the time of his or her death carrying on business as an optometrist, an executor or executrix of the will of the deceased optometrist, or an administrator, administratrix or trustee of the estate of the deceased optometrist, may continue the business for a period of 2 months or for such longer period as is permitted by the Board if the practice of optometry in the business is carried on by a registered optometrist.
44. 	Use of title “optometrist” etc.
(1) 	A person who, by this Act, is prohibited from practising optometry, shall not—
	(a)	take or use, either alone or in combination with any other words or letters, the title of “optometrist” or “optician” or a name, title, addition or description (including initials or letters placed after his or her name) indicating or implying that he or she is a registered optometrist or that he or she is a person qualified to practise optometry; or
	(b)	hold himself or herself out, by advertisement or otherwise, as being qualified or authorized to practise optometry or as being a person who practises optometry.
Penalty:  30 penalty units.
45. 	Sale of spectacles
(1) 	A person other than a registered optometrist shall not sell spectacles or contact lenses other than spectacles or contact lenses dispensed in accordance with a prescription written by a medical practitioner or by a registered optometrist and produced to him or her by the person to whom the spectacles or contact lenses are sold.
(2) 	In this section, “spectacles” does not include sunglasses, other than sunglasses prescribed by a medical practitioner or by a registered optometrist.
(3) 	A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction—
	(a)	in the case of a natural person—by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both; and
	(b)	in the case of a body corporate—by a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units.
Part v—appeals
46. 	Review of decisions
	Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision of the Board—
	(a)	under subsection 10 (4), section 12 or subsection 26 (2) to impose conditions on the registration of a person;
	(b)	under subsection 11 (4) to cancel the interim registration of a person;
	(c)	under subsection 12 (2) to refuse to review conditions on the registration of a person;
	(d)	under subsection 12 (2) to refuse to alter or remove conditions on the registration of a person;
	(e)	under subsection 12 (2) to impose new conditions on the registration of a person;
	(f)	under section 18 to refuse to register a person;
	(g)	under subsection 25 (3), paragraph 34 (1) (a), 35 (1) (a), 36 (a) or 38 (3) (a) to cancel the registration of a person;
	(h)	under subsection 25 (4), section 30 or subsection 39 (2) to refuse to re-register a person;
	(j)	under paragraph 34 (1) (b), 35 (1) (b), 36 (b) or 38 (3) (b) or subsection 40 (2) to suspend the registration of a person;
	(k)	under subsection 35 (2) to make an order directing a person not to give or perform specified optometrical services;
	(m)	under subsection 35 (3) to refuse to review an order directing a person not to give or perform an optometrical service;
	(n)	under subsection 35 (3) to refuse to amend or revoke an order directing a person not to give or perform an optometrical  service;
	(p)	under subsection 35 (3) to amend an order directing a person not to give or perform an optometrical service;
	(q)	under section 37 to take any action of the kind specified in that subsection in relation to a registered optometrist;
	(r)	under subsection 38 (1) to impose a fine on a registered optometrist;
	(s)	under subsection 39 (2) to refuse to terminate the suspension of the registration of a person;
	(t)	under section 43 to refuse to extend beyond 2 months the period during which the executor or executrix of the will of a deceased optometrist, or the administrator, administratrix or trustee of the estate of a deceased optometrist, may continue the business of the optometrist;
	(u)	under section 43 to fix a period longer than 2 months during which the executor or executrix of the will of a deceased optometrist, or the administrator, administratrix or trustee of the estate of a deceased optometrist, may continue the business of the optometrist; or
	(w)	under subsection 53 (2) to certify the amount which, in the opinion of the Board, is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for an optometry service.
47. 	Notification of decisions
(1) 	Where a decision of the kind referred to in section 46 (other than paragraphs (b), (j), (k) and (r)) is made, the Board shall give notice in writing of the decision—
	(a)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (a)—to the person on whose registration conditions have been imposed;
	(b)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (c) or (d)—to the person whose registration is subject to the conditions;
	(c)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (e)—to the person on whose registration new conditions have been imposed;
	(d)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (f)—to the person whose application for registration has been refused;
	(e)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (g)—to the person whose registration has been cancelled;
	(f)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (h)—to the person whose application for re-registration has been refused;
	(g)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (m), (n) or (p)—to the person in relation to whom the order was made;
	(h)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (q)—to the registered optometrist in relation to whom the action has been taken;
	(j)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (s)—to the person whose registration has been suspended;
	(k)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (t) or (u)—to the executor or executrix of the will of the deceased optometrist or the administrator, administratrix or trustee of the estate of the deceased optometrist; or
	(m)	in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph 46 (w)—to the person who requested the review of the account.
(2) 	A notice under subsection 11 (4) or under subsection (1) shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice in force under subsection 25B (1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989.
(3) 	An order under paragraph 34 (1) (b) or 35 (1) (b), subsection 35 (2), paragraph 36 (b) or subsection 38 (1), paragraph 38 (3) (b) or subsection 40 (2) shall have endorsed on it or attached to it a notice in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice in force under subsection 25B (1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989.
Part Vi—Miscellaneous
48. 	Power of search
	For the purposes of this Act a person authorized in writing by the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of the Board may enter at all reasonable times the premises in which a registered optometrist is carrying on business or in which it is reasonably suspected that optometry is practised and may examine any books, papers, records, apparatus, or articles stored or used in connexion with any such business or practice.
49. 	Obstruction
	A person shall not—
	(a)	molest, obstruct or endeavour to intimidate an authorized person in the performance of his or her duty under this Act; or
	(b)	refuse to permit an authorized person to examine books, papers, records, apparatus or articles, or refuse to produce them for examination.
Penalty:  
	(a)	for a breach of paragraph (a)—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both; or
	(b)	for a breach of paragraph (b)—50 penalty units.
50. 	Offences by firms
	Where a firm contravenes a provision of this Act, every member of the firm shall be deemed to have contravened that provision.
51. 	Publication of notice of decision
(1) 	The Chairperson may, if the Chairperson thinks fit, cause a notice of a decision of the Board or of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on application for review of a decision of the Board—
	(a)	cancelling the registration of a person;
	(b)	suspending, otherwise than under subsection 40 (2), the registration of a person;
	(c)	imposing a condition on the registration of a person;
	(d)	directing that a person not give or perform specified optometrical services;
	(e)	taking any action under paragraph 37 (a) or (b); or
	(f)	imposing a fine on a person under subsection 38 (1);
and the reasons for the decision, including the findings on material questions of fact, to be published in the Gazette.
(2) 	A notice of a decision shall not be published under subsection (1) until—
	(a)	the period within which an application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision has expired; and
	(b)	if an application for review of the decision is made, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has given its decision on the application.
52. 	Actions for recovery of fees or remuneration
(1) 	A person who has given an optometry service to another person or a dependant of that other person is not entitled to commence an action for the recovery from that other person of fees or remuneration for that optometry service unless—
	(a)	he or she has served or caused to be served on that other person by delivery to that person personally or by post addressed to that person at his or her last-known place of residence, an account for the fees or remuneration setting out the amount claimed, a brief statement of the nature of the optometry service given, the dates on which it was given and the person for whom it was given; and
	(b)	a period of 3 months has elapsed since that service of the account and the account is unpaid at the end of that period.
(2)  	Notwithstanding subsection (1), an action for the recovery of fees or remuneration for an optometry service may be commenced without the service of an account for those fees or that remuneration in accordance with that subsection or, if such an account has been so served, before the expiration of the period of 3 months from the service of the account, if the action is 1 in which an application could, but for that subsection, be made for an order under Part II of the Arrest on Mesne Process Act, 1902, of the State of New South Wales in its application to the Territory.
53. 	Review of accounts for fees for optometry services
(1) 	A person liable to pay fees or remuneration for an optometry service to the person who gave the service may, within 6 months after service upon him or her of an account for the fees or remuneration in accordance with section 52, apply in writing to the Board to review the account.
(2) 	The Board shall, on receipt of an application under subsection (1), review the account and certify, under the hand of the Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson, the amount which, in the Board’s opinion is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for the optometry service.
(3) 	The Board shall, in a certificate referred to in subsection (2), set out the facts on which the certificate is based.
(4) 	The Board may, by notice to a person, request the person to furnish on or before a day specified in the notice such information as it thinks necessary or desirable for the purpose of a review under this section.
(5) 	If a person does not furnish information requested by the Board under subsection (4) on or before the day specified in the notice, the Board may proceed to review the account for fees or remuneration without that information.
(6) 	In reviewing an account for fees or remuneration under this section, the Board is not required to conduct a formal hearing, but the Board shall provide the parties to the application with any information furnished to the Board under subsection (4).
(7) 	In reviewing an account for fees or remuneration under this section, the Board shall have regard to the time occupied in giving, and the nature of, the optometry service and any other circumstances submitted by the person who gave the service with respect to the provision of the service.
(8) 	In proceedings for the recovery of fees or remuneration in respect of an optometry service, a certificate of the Board under subsection (2) in relation to that service is evidence that the amount certified in the certificate is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for the optometry service.
(9) 	The Board shall cause a copy of a certificate of the Board under subsection (2) to be sent by post to the person who gave the optometry service at his or her address as last known to the Board.
54. 	Name of optometrist to be exhibited
(1) 	A person who carries on business as an optometrist shall cause to be prominently displayed at all times at the premises where that business is carried on a notice that—
	(a)	can be clearly viewed from outside the premises; and
	(b)	specifies, in letters not less than 5 centimetres and not more than 8 centimetres in height, the names as recorded in the Register of the optometrists practising optometry at those premises followed, in each case, by the word “Optometrist”.
(2) 	A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding—
	(a)	in the case of a company—25 penalty units; and
	(b)	in the case of a natural person—5 penalty units.
55. 	Power of Minister to determine fees
	The Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, determine fees for the purposes of this Act.
56. 	Inspection of the Register
(1) 	A person may, on payment of the determined fee, inspect an entry in the Register.
(2) 	A person may, on payment of the determined fee, obtain a certified copy of an entry in the Register.
(3) 	The Board may, on request by the registration authority of a State, Territory or place outside Australia and without payment by the registration authority of a fee, forward a certified copy of the Register to that registration authority.
(4) 	In this section, “registration authority” means a person or body empowered by or under the law of a State, Territory or place outside Australia to register optometrists or otherwise to authorize the practise of optometry.
57. 	Regulations
	The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

NOTES
1.	The Optometrists Act 1956 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 4, 1956 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989  (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.
2.	The Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 (No. 51, 1996) authorises the Parliamentary Counsel in preparing a law for republication, to make certain editorial and other formal amendments in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  Those amendments make no change in the law.  Amendments made pursuant to that Act do not appear in the Table of Amendments but details may be obtained on request from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
Ordinance	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Optometrists Ordinance 1956	4, 1956	22 Mar 1956	28 Oct 1957 (see Gazette 1957, p. 3135)		
Optometrists Ordinance 1957	4, 1957	28 Mar 1957	28 Oct 1957 (see Gazette 1957, p. 3135)	—	
Optometrists Ordinance 1958	14, 1958	18 Sept 1958	18 Sept 1958	—	
Ordinances Revision (Decimal Currency) Ordinance 1966	19, 1966	23 Dec 1966	23 Dec 1966	—	
Optometrists Ordinance 1967	19, 1967	8 June 1967	8 June 1967	—	
Optometrists Ordinance 1970	36, 1970	22 Oct 1970	22 Oct 1970	—	
Optometrists Ordinance 1971	19, 1971	23 Sept 1971	23 Sept 1971	—	
Ordinances Revision (Age of Majority) Ordinance 1974	47, 1974	24 Oct 1974	1 Nov 1974	—	
Ordinances Revision (Health Commission) Ordinance 1975	17, 1975	1 July 1975	1 July 1975	—	
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1977	65, 1977	22 Dec 1977	22 Dec 1977	—	
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1978	46, 1978	28 Dec 1978	28 Dec 1978	—	
Ordinances Revision (Penalties) Ordinance 1979	26, 1979	31 Aug 1979	31 Aug 1979	—	
Optometrists (Amendment) Ordinance 1980	49, 1980	23 Dec 1980	26 May 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S101)	S. 9	
Optometrists (Amendment) Ordinance 1981	50, 1981	9 Dec 1981	31 Dec 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S273, p. 3)	S. 13	
Optometrists (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	31, 1982	28 June 1982	30 June 1982 (see Gazette 1982, No. S139, p. 2)	—	
Optometrists (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1982	43, 1982	30 June 1982	30 June 1982	—	
Optometrists (Amendment) Ordinance 1986	51, 1986	29 Aug 1986	1 Sept 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S430)	—	
Drug Laws (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	14, 1989	15 Mar 1989	1 Apr 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S109)	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	38, 1989	10 May 1989	Ss. 1 and 2: 10 May 1989
Remainder: 11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164)
	—	
Self-Government day 11 May 1989
Table 2
Table of Acts
Act	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Health Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990	63, 1990	28 Dec 1990	Ss. 1 and 2: 28 Dec 1990
Remainder: 31 Jan 1991 (see 
s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1991, No. S4)	Ss. 6-17	
Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993	14, 1993	1 Mar 1993	1 Mar 1993 (see s. 2)	Parts IV-VI (ss. 14-34)	
Optometrists (Amendment) Act 1993
	87, 1993	17 Dec 1993	Ss. 1 and 2:  17 Dec 1993
Remainder:  1 Jan 1994 (see Gazette 1993, No. S279, p. 3)	Part III 
(ss. 19-26)	
(Reprinted as at 1 January 1994)	
Administrative Appeals (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994	60, 1994	11 Oct 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  11 Oct 1994
Remainder:   14 Nov 1994 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1994, No. S250)	—	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994
	81, 1994	29 Nov 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  29 Nov 1994
Remainder:  29 Nov 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S269, p. 2)	—	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	54, 1998	27 Nov 1998	Ss. 1 and 2:  27 Nov 1998
Remainder:  9 Dec 1998 (see Gazette 1998, No. 49, p. 1078)
	—	

Table of Amendments
The amendment history of the Optometrists Act 1956 prior to renumbering by the Optometrists (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 87, 1993) appears in Table 1 below.
Table 1
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

S. 3	rep. No. 65, 1977
S. 4	am. No. 4, 1957; No. 19, 1967; No. 19, 1971; No. 17, 1975; No. 46, 1978; No. 49, 1980; No. 50, 1981; No. 51, 1986; Nos. 14 and 38, 1989; Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 4A, 4B	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 5	am. No. 46, 1978; No. 50, 1981
S. 6	am. No. 19, 1967; No. 19, 1971; No. 17, 1975
	rs. No. 49, 1980
	am. No. 50, 1981; Act No. 87, 1993
S. 7	rs. No. 49, 1980
	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 7A	ad. No. 49, 1980
	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 8	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 9	rs. No. 49, 1980
	rep. No. 50, 1981
Ss. 10, 11	am. No. 49, 1980
	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 12	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 13	am. No. 19, 1967
	rep. No. 50, 1981
Heading to Part III	am. Act No. 87, 1993
Div. 1 of Part III	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
   (ss. 7-13, 13A, 13B)
Ss. 7-13, 13A, 13B	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
Div. 2 of Part III	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
   (ss. 13C-13G)	
Ss. 13C-13G	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
Heading to Div. 3 of 	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
   Part III
S. 14	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 15	am. No. 4, 1957; No. 19, 1966; Nos. 31 and 43, 1982; Act No. 63, 1990; No. 14, 1993
	rs. No. 87, 1993
S. 16	am. No. 14, 1958; No. 47, 1974; No. 51, 1986
	rs. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 17	rep. No. 50, 1981
	ad. No. 51, 1986
	rs. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 18	am. No. 50, 1981
	rs. No. 31, 1982
	rs. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 18A	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
Div. 4 of Part III	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
   (ss. 18B-18D)	
Ss. 18B-18D	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 19	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979
	rs. No. 31, 1982
	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 19A	ad. No. 51, 1986
S. 20	am. No. 19, 1966
	rs. No. 31, 1982
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 21, 22	rs. No. 31, 1982
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 22A	ad. No. 31, 1982
	am. No. 51, 1986
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 22B	ad. No. 31, 1982
	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 23	am. No. 50, 1981
	rs. No. 51, 1986
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 23A, 23B	ad. No. 51, 1986
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 24	am. No. 50, 1981
	rs. No. 51, 1986
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 25	am. No. 19, 1966
	rs. No. 26, 1979
	rep. No. 31, 1982
S. 26	rs. No. 50, 1981
	am. No. 31, 1982; No. 51, 1986
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 26A	ad. No. 51, 1986
	am. No. 38, 1989
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 27	rs. No. 51, 1986
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 27A, 27B	ad. No. 31, 1982
	rep. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 28	rep. No. 43, 1982
Ss. 23, 24	rs. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 25	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 26, 27	rs. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 28, 28A	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 29	am. No. 14, 1958; No. 19, 1966; No. 51, 1986
	rs. No. 26, 1979
	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 30	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979; No. 51, 1986
S. 31	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 32	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979; No. 51, 1986;  Act No. 87, 1993
S. 33	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979
	rep. No. 51, 1986
S. 33A	ad. No. 4, 1957
	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979; No. 51, 1986; Act No. 87, 1993
S. 34	rep. No. 51, 1986
S. 35	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979
	rep. No. 51, 1986
Part IVA (ss. 34, 35)	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 34, 35	ad. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 36-38	rep. No. 50, 1981
Ss. 39, 40	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979
	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 41	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 42	rs. No. 19, 1967
	am. No. 36, 1970
	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 43	rep. No. 19, 1967
S. 44	rep. No. 50, 1981
S. 45	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 46	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979; Act No. 87, 1993
S. 47AA	ad. No. 51, 1981
	am. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 47AB, 47AC	ad. No. 51, 1986
	am. Act No. 87, 1993
Ss. 47AD, 47AE	ad. No. 51, 1986
S. 47A	ad. No. 31, 1982
	am. Act No. 87, 1993
S. 48	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 26, 1979; No. 51, 1986; No. 38, 1989

The amendment history of the Optometrists Act 1956 after renumbering by the Optometrists (Amendment) Act 1993 appears in Table 2 below.

Table 2
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

S. 3	am. No. 60, 1994
S. 24	am. No. 81, 1994
S. 31	am. No. 81, 1994
Ss. 41, 42	am. No. 81, 1994
S. 44	am. No. 54, 1998
S. 45	am. No. 81, 1994
Ss. 46, 47	am. No. 60, 1994
S. 49	am. No. 81, 1994
S. 51	am. No. 60, 1994
S. 54	am. No. 81, 1994

table showing new part and section numbers of the Optometrists Act 1956 after renumbering by the optometrists (amendment) act 1993 (No. 87, 1993)
NOTE—This Table does not form part of the Optometrists Act 1956 and is printed for convenience of reference only.

Old
number	New
number	Old
number	New
number	Old
number	New
number	
Section	Section	Section	Section	Section	Section	
4	3	15	23	31	43	
4A	4	16	24	32	44	
4B	5	17	25	33A	45	
5	6	18	26	Part IVA	Part V	
6	7	18A	27	Section	Section	
7	8	18B	28	34	46	
8	9	18C	29	35	47	
9	10	18D	30	Part V	Part VI	
10	11	19	31	Section	Section	
11	12	19A	32	45	48	
12	13	22B	33	46	49	
13	14	23	34	47	50	
13A	15	24	35	47AA	51	
13B	16	25	36	47AB	52	
13C	17	26	37	47AC	53	
13D	18	27	38	47AD	54	
13E	19	28	39	47AE	55	
13F	20	28A	40	47A	56	
13G	21	29	41	48	57	
14	22	30	42