Singapore legislation
Section 46
Section 46
Persons registered and enrolled under repealed Act
(1)
Every person who is a registered nurse under the repealed Act immediately before 1 May 2000 —
if the person was admitted to the register of nurses by virtue of regulation 10 of the previous Regulations, is deemed to be registered under section 16 as a registered nurse for such period as may be determined by the Board; or
in any other case, is deemed to be registered under section 14 as a registered nurse.
(2)
Every person who is an enrolled nurse under the repealed Act immediately before 1 May 2000 —
if the person was admitted to the roll of nurses by virtue of regulation 10 of the previous Regulations, is deemed to be enrolled under section 16 as an enrolled nurse for such period as may be determined by the Board; or
in any other case, is deemed to be enrolled under section 14 as an enrolled nurse.
(3)
Every person who is a registered midwife under the repealed Act immediately before 1 May 2000 —
if the person was admitted to the register of midwives by virtue of regulation 10 of the previous Regulations, is deemed to be registered as a registered midwife under section 16 for such period as may be determined by the Board; or
in any other case, is deemed to be registered under section 14 as a registered midwife.
(4)
Where the registration or enrolment of a person under the repealed Act is subject to any condition, the deemed registration or enrolment of that person under subsection (1), (2) or (3) (as the case may be) is, unless the Board otherwise decides, subject to the same condition.
(5)
The Registrar must —
transfer to such part of the Register of Nurses as the Board considers appropriate the name, address, qualifications and other particulars of a person mentioned in subsection (1) which appear in the register of nurses;
transfer to such part of the Roll as the Board considers appropriate the name, address, qualifications and other particulars of a person mentioned in subsection (2) which appear in the roll of nurses; and
transfer to the Register of Midwives the name, address, qualifications and other particulars of a person mentioned in subsection (3) which appear in the register of midwives.
(6)
The Registrar may, in carrying out the transfer under subsection (5), omit the particulars of any person known to the Registrar to be deceased.
(7)
Section 23 applies, with the necessary modifications, to any person whose name was removed from the register of nurses, the roll of nurses or the register of midwives.