Veterinary Practice Act 2018

The board has the following functions:

registering veterinary practitioners and veterinary premises;

ensuring the professional development of veterinary practitioners, including by determining requirements for continuing professional development of veterinary practitioners;

approving educational and training courses related to professional qualifications for veterinary practitioners;

developing codes of professional conduct for veterinary practitioners;

setting standards for premises;

cooperating with other jurisdictions in Australia and New Zealand to further a common and harmonious approach to the administration of legislation relating to veterinary practitioners;

giving general advice to consumers of veterinary services in relation to the ethics and standards of professional competence generally expected of veterinary practitioners;

giving advice to the Minister in relation to any other matter related to the administration of this Act;

liaising with, and if the board considers it appropriate, becoming a member of, professional organisations concerned with veterinary science;

investigating complaints against veterinary practitioners;

conducting, on the board’s own initiative, investigations of veterinary practitioners;

giving information to the veterinary profession relating to continuing education issues, developments in the field of veterinary science and disciplinary matters;

taking disciplinary action against veterinary practitioners;

enforcing this Act, including taking proceedings for offences against this Act.

The board may exercise any other function given to the board under this Act or any other territory law.

A provision of a law that gives an entity (including a person) a function also gives the entity powers necessary and convenient to exercise the function (see Legislation Act, s 196 and dict, pt 1, def entity).