This Act may be cited as the Masseurs Registration Amendment Act, 1935, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Masseurs Registration Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Nothing in section twelve of the principal Act shall be construed to make it an offence for any registered nurse to hold herself out as being engaged in the practice of actinotherapy, or as being qualified to practise actinotherapy, if she is the holder of a certificate under the hand of the Director-General of Health that she has received a course of instruction at the St. John Clinic and Institute of Physical Medicine or other course of instruction approved by him in the practice of actinotherapy.

Nothing in section fourteen of the principal Act shall apply with respect to the employment as a masseur in any public hospital or other public institution of any registered nurse who is the holder of a certificate given in accordance with the last preceding subsection, if her duties as a masseur are restricted to the practice of actinotherapy.

For the purposes of this section “actinotherapy” means the use by external application to the human body of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet rays for the purpose of curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the body.

Section six of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows:—