Section 12

Any registered dentist who desires his name to be retained on the register after 31st December of any year shall, not later than 31st October of that year, make an application in the prescribed form and shall pay the prescribed fee for retention of his name on the register during the ensuing year.

Upon such application and payment, the Board, if satisfied that the premises at and the conditions under which the applicant practises dentistry are suitable for such practice, shall cause the Registrar to issue a certificate (to be styled annual practising certificate) authorising the applicant to practise dentistry during the year in respect of which it is issued.

The annual practising certificate shall be in force unless previously cancelled in the manner hereinafter prescribed in this Act until 31st December of the year in respect of which it is issued.

The name of any registered dentist who fails to obtain an annual practising certificate prior to the commencement of any year shall be removed from the register.

Any registered dentist who has failed to apply for an annual practising certificate in the manner and within the period laid down in subsection (1) may, on making an application in such form and on payment of such additional fee as may be prescribed, be granted an annual practising certificate for the ensuing year if the application is made during the months of November and December of any year, or for the remainder of the year, if the application is made on or after 1st January of any year and in the latter case his name may be re-entered in the register.

Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Board that a registered dentist is practising dentistry in such premises or under such conditions as are considered by the Board to be unsuitable for such practice, the Board may direct that the name of that person shall be removed from the register and that the annual practising certificate be cancelled, and the certificate shall thereupon cease to be in force.

If any person whose annual practising certificate has been cancelled under subsection (6) makes application in such manner and pays such fee as may be prescribed, the Board may, after due consideration of the circumstances of the case, direct that the name of that person shall be re-entered in the register and that an annual practising certificate be issued.

Any person who practises dentistry in Singapore except as authorised in section 25(4) and who —