Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Repeal and re‑enactment of section 14
Section 14 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Full registration14.—
Subject to subsection (4) and section 15(1), (2) and (5), the Council must, upon receiving an application for full registration from a person who holds a Singapore degree, register the person as a fully registered dentist.(2) Subject to subsection (4), the Council may, upon receiving an application for full registration from a person who does not hold a Singapore degree but holds another qualification recognised by the Council, register the person as a fully registered dentist if the person satisfies the Council that the person has special knowledge and skill and sufficient experience in any particular branch of dentistry.(3) The Council may, upon receiving an application for full registration under section 14A(6) from a person and having regard to —
the knowledge and skill shown and the experience acquired by the person; and
the report or reports of the fully registered dentist or dentists mentioned in section 14A(4)(a) and (aa),register the person as a fully registered dentist.(4) The Council may, if it is of the view that it is not in the public interest for a person mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) to be registered as a fully registered dentist, direct that the person be registered as a dentist with conditional registration under section 14A(1) instead.”.