Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Provisional licences
(1)
The Registrar may, upon such conditions as the Board may consider fit to impose, grant to any person who —
immediately prior to the appointed day, had been practising as a contact lens practitioner for a continuous period of not less than 2 years;
before the expiry of one month from the appointed day has applied for a provisional licence; and
has registered to undergo or is undergoing a course of instruction approved under section 7(3),a provisional licence authorising him to practise as a contact lens practitioner.
(2)
An application for a provisional licence shall be made in such form as the Registrar may require and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3)
A provisional licence shall, unless earlier revoked, remain in force for such period stated therein.
(4)
The Board may revoke the provisional licence granted to any contact lens practitioner —
if he fails to comply with any of the conditions of his provisional licence; or
upon the occurrence of any of the events referred to in section 12(1)(c), (e) or (f).
(5)
The holder of a provisional licence who makes use of any term other than that of “provisionally licensed contact lens practitioner” in describing his vocation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.