s 17 Restricted registration
17.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person may, if the Council thinks fit so to direct, be registered as an allied health professional with restricted registration in a prescribed allied health profession if, in the opinion of the Council, the person is competent to practise independently only in a branch or an area of that profession or at a particular establishment or description of establishments, because of —(a) the nature, extent, period or recency of his or her previous practice of that profession; (b) the nature, extent, period or recency of his or her training in that profession; (c) his or her physical or mental health; or (d) any other reason. (2) A person may be registered under subsection (1) subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Council may impose. (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Council may impose the following conditions and restrictions:(a) the particular employment or description of employment for the purposes of which the person is registered; (b) the particular establishment or description of establishments in which the person may practise the prescribed allied health profession; (c) the particular branch or area of the prescribed allied health profession in which the person may practise.