S.I. No. 31/1961 - Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (Application of Section 26) Order, 1961.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1927

(Application of Section 26) Order, 1961.

2.

Section 26

of the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1927

(No. 25 of 1927), shall apply to the State of Victoria.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this Fourteenth day of February, 1961.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order establishes reciprocity in medical registration with the State of Victoria, Australia.

S.I. No. 31 of 1961.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1927 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 26) ORDER, 1961.

WHEREAS there is in force in the State of Victoria 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

(

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 Victoria

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsection (2) of

section 26

of the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1927

(No. 25 of 1927), hereby order as follows