Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Saving and Transitional Provisions
39. Persons licensed under repealed Act
Feedback & supportDespite this Act, every licensed contact lens practitioner is deemed to be registered as an optician and have in force a practising certificate which authorises the licensed contact lens practitioner to carry out any practice of opticianry under this Act, subject to such conditions or restrictions that the Minister may prescribe.
licensed contact lens practitioner
“licensed contact lens practitioner” means a person who, immediately before 22 February 2008, was holding a valid licence granted to the person under the repealed Act (whether provisionally or otherwise) authorising the person to practise as a contact lens practitioner under the provisions of that Act;
To avoid doubt, nothing in subsection (1) prevents a licensed contact lens practitioner from —
applying to be registered as an optometrist; and
applying for a practising certificate to carry out any practice of optometry,under this Act, subject to such conditions or restrictions that the Minister may prescribe.