Veterinary Practice Act 2018

The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

A regulation may impose conditions, including restrictions, on the practice of veterinary science to protect animal welfare, the public or the public interest.

A regulation may prescribe—

what an application for registration may require and how it must be made; and

when (in addition to the circumstances already prescribed under this Act) the board may apply for—

the suspension or cancellation of registration; or

a declaration under section 67 (2) (f) (which is about a person who is not registered); and

requirements in relation to insurance to be held by a registered veterinary practitioner; and

when a veterinary practitioner’s registration may be renewed, including when it may be renewed retrospectively; and

requirements in relation to annual general meetings under section 92 including the following:

calling and giving of notice of a meeting;

information to be provided at a meeting;

procedures for conducting a meeting.

Also, a regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without change) an instrument as in force at a particular time or from time to time.

Schedule 1 Reviewable decisions

(see s 136)

column 1 item column 2 section column 3 decision column 4 entity

1

19 (1) (a) register person applicant for registration

2

19 (1) (b) refuse to register person applicant for registration

3

22 board amend registration registered veterinary practitioner

4

23 (5) (b) refuse to amend registration applicant

5

52 take immediate action veterinary practitioner subject to immediate action

6

61 (1) (b) take disciplinary action veterinary practitioner subject to disciplinary action

7

75 (1) (b) refuse to register veterinary premises applicant

8

76 (b) impose condition on registered veterinary premises registration holder of veterinary premises

9

80 (1) board amend registration of premises registration holder of veterinary premises

10

81 (5) (b) refuse to amend registration of veterinary premises applicant

11

130 refuse to update register applicant

Schedule 2 Unrestricted acts of veterinary science (see s 7 (5))

2.1 Unrestricted acts of veterinary science

The following are unrestricted acts of veterinary science:

de-worming an animal;

performing Mules operation on sheep less than 12 months old;

de-horning of—

cattle less than 12 months old; or

goats less than 1 month old;

horn tipping an animal;

castrating—

cattle, sheep or goats less than 6 months old; or

pigs less than 2 months old;

tailing sheep less than 6 months old;

artificial breeding of any animal other than a horse if the procedure does not involve surgery;

determining the sex of a chicken;

administration of an anaesthetic to an animal if the administration is done under the immediate and direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner;

diagnosing pregnancy in sheep by ultrasonic techniques in a way prescribed by regulation.

In this section:

de-horn means remove the horn of an animal by methods which destroy or remove the keratin producing cells and structures at the base of the horn, but does not include horn tipping.

horn tip means remove the insensitive part of the horn of an animal.

Dictionary (see s 3)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

 ACAT

 appoint

 bankrupt

 chief police officer

 Commonwealth Criminal Code

 Corporations Act

 Criminal Code

 disallowable instrument (see s 9)

 entity

 Executive

 exercise

 financial year

 function

 Legislative Assembly

 Minister (see s 162)

 notifiable instrument (see s 10)

 occupational discipline order

 penalty unit (see s 133)

 person (see s 160)

 police officer

 reviewable decision notice

 Self-Government Act

 State

 territory law

 the Territory

 under.

annual registration fee means the annual registration fee payable under section 79.

another jurisdiction—see section 33.

application, for registration, includes an application for renewal of registration.

AVBC means the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc (ABN 49 337 540 469).

board means the ACT Veterinary Practitioners Board established under section 90.

business name—see the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth).

commission means the human rights commission.

complainant means the person who made the complaint under division 5.2.

complaint means a complaint made under section 43 (Who may complain).

corresponding law, of another jurisdiction, means a law of that jurisdiction that corresponds to this Act.

deemed registration—see section 34.

deputy president means the person elected deputy president under section 95 (2).

executive officer, of a corporation, means a person, however described and whether or not the person is a director of the corporation, who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation’s management.

general registration means registration as a veterinary practitioner permitted to carry out a restricted act of veterinary science other than an act that requires specialist registration.

ground for occupational discipline, in relation to a veterinary practitioner—see section 64.

immediate action, in relation to a registered veterinary practitioner, for subdivision 5.3.1 (Immediate action)—see section 51.

information includes documents.

information holder—see section 133.

non-practising veterinary practitioner means a veterinary practitioner registered as a non-practising veterinary practitioner.

premises, for division 8.2 (Powers of inspectors)—see section 111.

president means the president of the board under section 93 (1) (a).

professional misconduct—see section 40.

qualified to hold—

a general registration as a veterinary practitioner—see section 28; and

a specialist registration as a veterinary practitioner—see section 29.

register means the register of veterinary practitioners and veterinary premises under section 123.

registered, in relation to veterinary premises, for part 6 (Registration of veterinary premises)—see section 71.

registered veterinary practitioner—see section 9.

registrar, for the board, means the registrar appointed by the board under section 104.

registration document—see section 127.

registration, in relation to veterinary premises, for part 6 (Registration of veterinary premises)—see section 71.

registration holder, of registered veterinary premises, for part 6 (Registration of veterinary premises)—see section 71.

restricted act of veterinary science—see section 7.

reviewable decision, for part 10 (Notification and review of decisions)—see section 136.

specialist registration means registration of a veterinary practitioner that authorises the practitioner to carry out a stated restricted act of veterinary science.

suitability information, about a person—see section 31.

suitable person, to be registered as a veterinary practitioner—see section 30.

superintendent, of registered veterinary premises, for part 6 (Registration of veterinary premises)—see section 71.

unrestricted act of veterinary science—see section 7 (5).

unsatisfactory professional conduct—see section 41.

veterinary practice means a business that supplies veterinary science services.

veterinary practitioners code of professional conduct—see section 42.

veterinary practitioner, for part 5 (Complaints and disciplinary proceedings)—see section 39.

veterinary premises, for part 6 (Registration of veterinary premises)—see section 71.

veterinary premises standard, for part 6 (Registration of veterinary premises)—see section 72.

veterinary science—see section 8.