Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Offences
27. Fraudulent registration, etc.
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procures or attempts to procure registration as an optometrist or optician under this Act, a certificate of registration or a practising certificate, by knowingly making or producing or causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent declaration, certificate, application or representation, whether in writing or otherwise;
registration
“registration” means the registration of any person under section 15 as an optometrist or optician;
wilfully makes or causes to be made any false entry in the Register of Optometrists or the Register of Opticians;
Register of Optometrists
“Register of Optometrists” means the Register of Optometrists kept and maintained under section 13(1)(a);
forges or alters a certificate of registration or practising certificate;
certificate of registration
“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued by the Board under section 17;
fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine a certificate of registration or 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 under section 18;
buys, sells or fraudulently obtains a certificate of registration or practising certificate,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.