Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Optometrists Act 2002.

CRAIG KNOWLES, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to enable:

(a)  the Optometrists Registration Board to be constituted under the Optometrists Act 2002, and

(b)  the Optometrists Drug Authority Committee to be constituted under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (as amended by the Optometrists Act 2002),

before the commencement of the provisions of the Optometrists Act 2002 relating to the registration of optometrists.

This Regulation is made under the Optometrists Act 2002, including section 136 (1) (the general regulation-making power) and clauses 2 and 5 of Schedule 7.

1   Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Optometrists Transitional Regulation 2003.

2   Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 February 2003.

3   Definitions

In this Regulation:

new Board means the Optometrists Registration Board constituted by the Act.

the Act means the Optometrists Act 2002.

4   Membership of new Board

For the purpose of enabling the new Board to be constituted in accordance with section 91 of the Act before the commencement of Part 2 (Registration) of the Act, a reference in section 91 to a registered optometrist is taken to include reference to a registered optometrist under the Optometrists Act 1930.

5   Membership of the Optometrists Drug Authority Committee

For the purpose of enabling the Optometrists Drug Authority Committee to be constituted in accordance with clause 2 of Schedule 2A to the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (as inserted by the Act) before the commencement of Part 2 (Registration) of the Act, a reference in that clause to a registered optometrist is taken to include reference to a registered optometrist under the Optometrists Act 1930.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Optometrists Transitional Regulation 2003 published in Gazette No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 664.