31. Section 40A of the Act of 2005 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) A person making an application for registration as a member of a designated profession shall declare in the application—

(a) whether he or she has a relevant medical disability, and

(b) whether any material matter has occurred in relation to the person.”,

and

(b) in subsection (2) —

(i) in paragraph (a), by the insertion of “or a material matter has occurred in relation to him or her” after “disability”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the insertion of “or material matter” after “disability”.