Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Where —
(a) a
person’s registration is cancelled and name removed from the register;
or
(b) a
person is suspended from the practice of medical radiation technology,
the person is, within
14 days after the day on which the person is notified by the Board of the
cancellation and removal of name or suspension, to surrender to the Board his
or her certificate of registration.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000.
(2) Where a
person’s registration is cancelled in an area but not all areas of
medical radiation technology, the person is, within 14 days after the day
on which the person is notified by the Board of the cancellation, to surrender
to the Board his or her certificate of registration.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000.
(3) The Board may
direct in writing that a person who is suspended from the practice of medical
radiation technology under section 55 is not obliged to comply with
subsection (1) and, in that case, the subsection does not apply to that
person.
(4) It is a defence to
a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) or (2) if the
accused satisfies the court that the failure to surrender the certificate was
due to its loss or destruction.