Dentists Registration (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 2/1980

Read the first time on 26th February 1980.
An Act to amend the Dentists Registration Act (Chapter 215 of the Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act may be cited as the Dentists Registration (Amendment) Act, 1980, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 2
2.  Section 2 of the Dentists Registration Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the principal Act) is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following: —
(a)the Deputy Director of Medical Services (Dental);”; and
(b)by deleting the words “Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “Deputy Director of Medical Services (Dental)”.
Amendment of section 3
3.  Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental)” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Deputy Director of Medical Services (Dental)”.
Amendment of section 5
4.  Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the word “ten” in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “five”.
Amendment of section 10
5.  Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the word “jaw” in the sixth line and substituting the word “jaws”.
Amendment of section 12
6.  Section 12 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “first day of November” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “last day of October”; and
(b)by deleting the words “month of December” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “months of November and December”.
Amendment of section 14
7.  Section 14 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and substituting the word “; or”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (c) of subsection (2), the following paragraph: —
(d)fails to serve the Government, or such other body or organisation as may be directed by the Government, for such period as may be specified in any undertaking given by him to the Government.”.
Amendment of section 18
8.  Section, 18 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following: —
(a)the Deputy Director of Medical Services (Dental); or”; and
(b)by deleting the words “Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “Deputy Director of Medical Services (Dental)”.
Repeal and re-enactment of Schedule
9.  The Schedule to the principal Act is repealed and the following substituted therefor: —
THE SCHEDULE
Section 5.
Qualifications
Country or State.
 
Body Granting Qualifications
(including Medical College where
relevant).
 
Primary
Qualifications.
Australia
 
University of Adelaide
University of Melbourne
University of Queensland
University of Sydney
Victoria
University of Western Australia
 
B.D.S.
B.D. Sc.
B.D. Sc.
B.D.S.
L.D.S.
B.D. Sc.
Malta
 
Royal University of Malta
 
*Dip. D.S., B. Ch. D.
New Zealand
 
University of New Zealand
University of Otago
 
*B.D.S.
B.D.S.
Republic of Ireland
 
University of Ireland (National University)
University of Dublin
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
 
B.D.S.
*L. Dent. Sc., B. Dent. Sc.
L.D.S.
Singapore
 
King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore
 
*L.D.S.
States of Malaya
 
University of Malaya
 
*B.D.S.
United Kingdom
 
University of Belfast (Queen’s University)
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Dundee
University of Durham
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
University of London
University of Manchester
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
University of St. Andrews
University of Sheffield
University of Wales
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
The Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
 
*L.D.S., B.D.S.
*L.D.S., B.D.S.
L.D.S., B.D.S.
B.D.S.
L.D.S., B.D.S.
B.D.S.
B.D.S.
*L.D.S., B. Ch. D.
*L.D.S., B.D.S.
B.D.S.
*L.D.S., B.D.S.
B.D.S.
L.D.S., B.D.S.
L.D.S., B.D.S.
B.D.S.
L.D.S.
L.D.S.
L.D.S.
*L.D.S.
*This diploma has ceased to be granted.
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