102. Section 52 of Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “the Council may consider such an application if the Council is satisfied that the removal of the practitioner’s registration would not be contrary to the public interest” for “then the Council shall not consider the application until such time as the Council has decided whether or not the practitioner’s registration should be removed (including cancelled) pursuant to another provision of this Act”,

(b) in subsection (4), by the insertion of “unless the removal of the registration was effected (whether in whole or in part) on the ground that the removal would not be contrary to the public interest as referred to in subsection (3)” after “registration restored”, and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) The Council shall determine an application under subsection (4) from a medical practitioner by restoring the practitioner’s registration unless the Council has ceased to be satisfied that the practitioner is a fit and proper person to practise medicine in the State.”.