s 23 Practising certificate
23.—(1) Any registered pharmacist who desires to obtain a practising certificate must make an application to the Council in the form and manner determined by the Council and the application must be accompanied by such fee as the Council may prescribe. (2) A practising certificate is granted for a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of issue of the practising certificate. (3) Any application for renewal of a practising certificate must be —(a) made no later than one month before the expiry of the practising certificate; (b) made in such form and manner as the Council may determine; and (c) accompanied by such fee as the Council may prescribe. (4) Any registered pharmacist who applies for a practising certificate later than one month before the expiry of the practising certificate is liable to pay to the Council such late application fee as the Council may prescribe. (5) The Council may refuse to grant a practising certificate to a registered pharmacist, or may refuse to renew a registered pharmacist’s practising certificate, if the registered pharmacist fails to comply with any condition that is prescribed by the Council with the approval of the Minister for the purposes of this section. (6) Where a person has had his or her registration in respect of any practice of pharmacy cancelled or suspended under Part 6, the person must surrender his or her practising certificate to the Council —(a) within 14 days of being notified by the Council of the cancellation or suspension; or (b) in a case where an appeal is pending under Part 6, within any other period that the Council may specify. (7) Any person who contravenes subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. (8) For the purposes of subsection (4), the Council may prescribe different late application fees for applications made before, and applications made after, the expiry of practising certificates.