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Regulations under the Opticians Act, 1928.—(H.O. 1.)

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of
June, 1930.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by the Opticians Act, 1928 (hereinafter referred to as
"the said Act"), and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby make the following regulations under and for the
purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby declare that the
regulations hereby made shall come into force on the date of
publication hereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. PRELIMINARY.

(1) THESE regulations may be cited as the Opticians
Regulations, 1930.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires,—
"Board" means the Opticians Board:
"Registered optician" means a person registered as an
optician under the Act:
"Approved training establishment" means any premises
or place of business occupied or conducted by a
registered optician and which is for the time being
approved by the Board for the training of pupils:
"Pupil" means a person who has been accepted for
training by a registered optician whose premises
have been approved by the Board as a training
establishment.

(3) The determination of the Board on any matter confided
to it under the said Act or these regulations shall be sufficiently
authenticated if set out in writing signed by the Registrar or
by the Secretary of the Board.

(4) The Board may from time to time procure the appointment
of some officer of the Public Service to be Secretary of
the Board, and the fact that such person describes himself
in any document or signs any document as the Secretary of
the Board shall be prima facie evidence that he is the Secretary
of the Board for the time being duly appointed.

(5) Any notice to be given by the Board under these
regulations shall be sufficient if given in writing sent by
ordinary prepaid letter post, and shall be deemed to have
been so given at the time when in the ordinary course of
post it would be delivered at the address to which it is sent.

2. APPROVED TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS.

(1) Any registered optician who occupies or conducts any
premises or place of business suitable for the purpose may
by writing addressed to the Board request that such premises
or place of business be approved by the Board for the training
of pupils.

(2) The applicant shall furnish to the Board such information
relating to the facilities afforded for the training of
pupils, the plant installed, the amount and nature of the
work carried out, and other matters as the Board may
require, and shall permit the Board or any person authorized
on its behalf to inspect such establishment at all reasonable
times.

(3) Any approval of a training establishment granted by
the Board may be granted subject to such conditions as the
Board thinks fit.

(4) Any such approval shall be subject to the condition
that the Board or any person authorized on its behalf shall
at all reasonable times be entitled to enter upon the premises
for the purpose of inspecting the same, and the facilities
afforded for the training of pupils, the plant installed, the
amount and nature of the work from time to time carried out,
and generally the character and sufficiency of the establishment
for the training of pupils.

(5) If at any time, in respect of an approved training
establishment, either—
(a) There is not a registered optician employed thereat
for the purpose of directing and supervising the
training of pupils; or
(b) The registration of the registered optician to whom the
approval was granted has been cancelled; or
(c) In the opinion of the Board any pupil is not receiving
adequate training; or

(d) In the opinion of the Board there has been a breach
of any of the conditions subject to which approval
of the training establishment was granted or any of
the requirements imposed on a registered optician
having an approved training establishment under
these regulations; or
(e) In the opinion of the Board the establishment has not
for the time being sufficient facilities to enable it to
give adequate training;
then, and in any such case, the Board may, after giving not
less than three months’ notice of its intention to do so, revoke
its approval of such training establishment.

3. TRAINING.

(1) The period of not less than three years' training in New
Zealand which shall qualify a person to sit for examination
under the said Act shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The pupil shall during the whole period of three years
receive training as an optician under the personal
supervision of a registered optician having an approved
training establishment, but the Board may in any
case approve of any portion of the training period,
not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-four months,
being spent by the pupil in a wholesale workshop
where optical lens work is carried out.
(b) The pupil may receive this training under one or more
registered opticians.
(c) If the period of training is not continuous, the total time
of training shall be in the aggregate not less than three
years.
(d) The course of instruction shall comprise instruction in
the subjects named and described in the Second
Schedule hereto.
(e) In the case of persons who are able to satisfy the Board
that prior to the coming into force of these regulations
they have spent at least twelve months in study and
training to prepare themselves to qualify as opticians,
the Board may allow such persons to count for training
and examination purposes the time such persons have
been engaged in such study and training, and allow
such persons to sit for examination under the said
Act.

2. (a) Every registered optician having an approved training
   establishment shall, within one month of his accepting any
   person for training, notify the Board of his having done so,
   and of the name, age, and address of such person, and if any
   person ceases to be receiving training in such establishment
   the registered optician shall, within one month thereafter,
   notify the Board to that effect.

(b) Every registered optician having in his employ at the
time of the coming into operation of these regulations any
person who desires to be recognized as a pupil hereunder shall,
within one month of the publication of these regulations in
the Gazette, notify the Board of this fact, furnishing the name,
age, and address of such person, and if such person ceases to
be receiving training in such establishment the registered
optician shall, within one month thereafter, notify the Board
to that effect.

4. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

Every person presenting himself for the first time for an
examination fixed to commence on a date after the 31st day
of December, 1931, shall satisfy the Board that he has passed
the Matriculation Examination of the University of New
Zealand, or that he has attained a standard of general education
not lower, in the opinion of the Board, than the standard
evidenced by such Matriculation Examination: Provided that
a pass in the Matriculation Examination of the University of
New Zealand shall not be required in the case of a person who
has at any time prior to the coming into force of these regulations
presented himself for the examination conducted by the
New Zealand Institute of Optometrists.

5. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

(1) The subjects in which candidates for examination under
the said Act may be examined shall be the subjects named
and described in the Second Schedule hereto.

(2) The said subjects shall for purposes of examination be
grouped in four parts to be known as Sections A, B, C, and D
respectively, as set out in the said Second Schedule.

6. COURSE OF EXAMINATION.

(1) No person shall present himself for examination in the
same year in the subjects of more than two of the said Sections
A, B, C, and D.

(2) No person shall present himself for examination in the
subjects of Section A until he has undergone training for a
period of at least one year.