New Zealand Legislation: Acts

31 Interim practising certificate

• (1) If, under section 29(7), an authority authorises the issue of an interim practising certificate, the Registrar must, on payment by the applicant of the fee (if any) set by the authority, issue the interim practising certificate, which—

  • (a) is in force for a period stated in the certificate that may not be longer than 12 months after the date of its issue or any extension; and

  • (b) is subject to any conditions that the authority specifies.

  (2) The authority may at any time authorise the extension of an issued interim certificate by a further period stated in the certificate that may not be longer than 12 months after the date on which the interim certificate was originally issued.

  (3) The interim practising certificate is cancelled if, at any time during the currency of an interim practising certificate,—

  • (a) the holder of the certificate ceases to be registered; or

  • (b) an annual practising certificate is issued to the holder of the certificate.

  (4) The authority may at any time order the Registrar to cancel any interim practising certificate and give notice of the cancellation, and the reasons for it, to the health practitioner concerned.

  Compare: 1995 No 95 s 57