S.I. No. 99/1961 - Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (Application of Section 26) (No. 2) Order, 1961.

S.I. No. 99 of 1961.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1927 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 26) (No. 2) ORDER, 1961.

WHEREAS there is in force in the State of Western Australia legislation—

(a) providing for the registration of medical and surgical practitioners by a public authority, and

(b) requiring for such registration a standard of training and knowledge certified by the Medical Registration Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) to the Government to be not lower than the standard of training and knowledge for the time being necessary for obtaining the right to be registered under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25 of 1927), and

(b) requiring for such registration a standard of training and knowledge certified by the Council to the Government to be not lower than the standard of training and knowledge for the time being necessary for obtaining the right to be registered under the said registration under that Act :

AND WHEREAS there is in force in the State of South Australia legislation—

(a) providing for the registration of medical and surgical practitioners by a public authority, and

(b) requiring for such registration a standard of training and knowledge certified by the Council to the Government to be not lower than the standard of training and knowledge for the time being necessary for obtaining the right to be registered under the said Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 , and

(c) providing for the admission of persons registered under that Act to registration under such legislation on terms certified by the Council to the Government to be reasonably equivalent to the terms on which persons registered under such legislation are admitted to registration under that Act :

AND WHEREAS the Council has made application to the Government for an order applying section 26 of that Act to the State of Western Australia and for an order applying that section to the State of South Australia :

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sub-section (2) of section 26 of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25 of 1927), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (Application of Section 26) (No. 2) Order, 1961.

2. Section 26 of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25 of 1927), shall apply to the State of Western Australia and to the State of South Australia.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this Sixteenth day of May, 1961.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order establishes reciprocity in medical registration with the State of Western Australia and the State of South Australia.