AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE (NO. 2) 1981 
No. 47 of 1981

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981
No. 48 of 1981

NURSES REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981
No. 49 of 1981

OPTOMETRISTS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981
No. 50 of 1981

PHARMACY (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981
No. 51 of 1981

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981
No. 52 of 1981

VETERINARY SURGEONS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981
No. 53 of 1981

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The amending Ordinances delete from the –

•	Dentists Registration Ordinance 1931,
•	Medical Practitioners Registration Ordinance 1930,
•	Nurses Registration Ordinance 1933,
•	Optometrists Ordinance 1956,
•	Pharmacy Ordinance 1931,
•	Physiotherapists Registration Ordinance 1977, and
•	Veterinary Surgeons Registration Ordinance 1965

respectively of the Australian Capital Territory those provisions dealing with matters dealt with in the Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Ordinance 1981.

The amending Ordinances also provide for appeals to be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal against the exercise of specified discretions by the –

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Dental Board,
•	Medical Board,
•	Nurses Registration Board,
•	Optometrists Board,
•	Pharmacy Board,
•	Physiotherapists Board, and
•	Veterinary Surgeons Board

respectively established by the Australian Capital Territory Ordinances amended by the amending Ordinances.

The amending Ordinances will come into operation on a date fixed by ministerial notice published in the Gazette.