Persons entitled to be registered

The following persons, upon satisfying the Council by documentary or other evidence that they are of good moral character and of their right to be registered, and upon payment of a stamp duty prescribed by the Stamp Duties Act, are entitled to be registered under this Act, (a) any person qualified or entitled to practice in the United Kingdom optometry under any Act for the time being in force or who holds the Sight Testing Diploma of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers and/or the British Optical Association both of London, England; (b) any person who holds a diploma, licence or certificate granted to him by any University, college, or institution recognised by the Council or by the Council for Human and Social Development as furnishing a sufficient guarantee of the possession of the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of optometry.