5. Appointment and duties of Registrar
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The Authority shall appoint a Registrar of the Board.
The Registrar shall be under the general direction of the Board and shall —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board appointed under section 5(1);
maintain the register of contact lens practitioners in accordance with this Act;
sign all certificates of registration and licences granted by the Board; and
record all entries of registration, cancellations and reinstatements in the register.
The Registrar shall attend all meetings of the Board and record the proceedings thereof, and shall conduct the correspondence and deal with such matters as may be assigned to him by the Board.
Board
“Board” means the Contact Lens Practitioners Board established under section 3;
The Registrar shall —
as soon as may be convenient after 1st February 1996, prepare and publish in the Gazette a list containing the names, qualifications and addresses of all contact lens practitioners whose names appear in the register and thereafter shall publish a revised list at least once in 3 years; and
from time to time publish in the Gazette the names, qualifications and addresses of all contact lens practitioners added to or removed from the register.
In any proceedings, a list published under subsection (4) shall be prima facie evidence that any person whose name appears therein is registered as a contact lens practitioner.
contact lens practitioner
“contact lens practitioner” means a person engaged in the testing of sight and the prescription or the fitting of contact lenses;
The Authority may appoint such person as it considers fit to act as Registrar during the absence from Singapore or incapacity from illness or otherwise of the Registrar.