EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

No. 21 of 1969

		In recent years the scope of the work of the Medical Board of the Australian Capital Territory has greatly increased, and with the periodic absence of one or more of the present members of the Board, a considerable strain has been placed on all members of the Board.

		The amendment to the Ordinance will alleviate the pressure of work on the individual members of the Board by increasing the maximum number of appointed persons on the Medical Board from five to six.