Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Offences
30. Fraudulent registration, etc.
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procures or attempts to procure registration, enrolment, a certificate of registration, a certificate of enrolment or a practising certificate, by knowingly making or producing or causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent declaration, certification, application or representation whether in writing or otherwise;
certificate of registration
“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration granted under section 17;
wilfully makes or causes to be made any false entry in the Register or Roll;
Register
“Register” means the Register of Nurses or Register of Midwives kept under section 13 (as the case may be) or both the Register of Nurses and the Register of Midwives;
forges or alters a certificate of registration, a certificate of enrolment or a practising certificate;
certificate of enrolment
“certificate of enrolment” means a certificate of enrolment granted under section 17;
fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine a certificate of registration, a certificate of enrolment or a practising certificate which the person knows or has reason to believe is forged or altered; or
practising certificate
“practising certificate” means a practising certificate issued by the Board under section 18;
buys, sells or fraudulently obtains a certificate of registration, a certificate of enrolment or a practising certificate,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.