Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)

Chapter V : General and Supplementary Provisions

54A. Exemption from operation of provisions of Act
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(1)The Minister may in consultation with the council by notice in the Gazette exempt any juristic person or class of juristic persons specified in the notice, either generally or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notice, from the operation of any of the provisions of this Act, so as to enable such juristic person to practise a profession, likewise specified, in respect of which registration in terms of this Act is a prerequisite for practising.

[Subsection (1) substituted by section 54(a) of Act No. 89 of 1997]

 

(2)Any reference in this Act or any other law to a person registered in terms of this Act to practise a profession referred to in subsection (1) or to a partner of or a partnership in relation to such registered person, shall be deemed to include a reference to a juristic person referred to in subsection (1) or to a member of such a juristic person, as the case may be, unless the context otherwise indicates.

 

(3)The Minister may in consultation with the council at any time by notice in the Gazette amend or repeal any notice issued under subsection (1).

[Subsection (3) substituted by section 54(b) of Act No. 89 of 1997]

 

[Section 54A inserted by section 16 of Act No. 58 of 1992]