Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) CASA may declare, in writing, that the person holding or occupying a particular office or position from time to time, or performing the duties of a particular office or position from time to time, is, subject to subregulation (3), taken to be a DAO.
(2) CASA may also declare, in writing, that a qualified person specified in the declaration is, for the purposes of doing a particular act or thing specified in the declaration, taken to be a DAO.
(3) A declaration under subregulation (1) has no effect in relation to a person occupying, or performing the duties of, an office or position if:
(a) the person is not a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, or does not have postgraduate qualifications in ophthalmology entitling him or her to be recognised as an ophthalmologist by the Human Services Department or by the public hospital service or public health service of a State or Territory of Australia; or
(b) in the case of an ophthalmologist practising in a country other than Australia--the person does not have postgraduate qualifications in ophthalmology that are acceptable to CASA.
(4) Subject to subregulation (5), a declaration under subregulation (1) remains in force:
(b) if a period (which must not be less than 4 weeks) is specified in the declaration--until the end of that period unless it is sooner revoked.
(5) A declaration under subregulation (1) is not in force while it is suspended.
"qualified person" means a person who is a medical practitioner having the
qualifications referred to in paragraph 67.065(4)(a) or (b).