Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997

The Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal is abolished on the commencement of Schedule 4.3 to the amending Act.

On the abolition of the Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal:

any person holding office as a chairperson:

ceases to hold office as a member of that Tribunal, and

is eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be appointed as a member of the ADT, and

is not entitled to any compensation by reason of ceasing to hold office as a member of the Tribunal, and

any other person holding office as a member of the Tribunal is appointed as a part-time non-judicial member of the ADT and is assigned to the General Division of the ADT.

Any person referred to in subclause (2) (b) who was holding office for a specified term is taken to have been appointed to the new office for the balance of that term of office.

A reference in another Act (other than the amending Act), in an instrument made under an Act or in any document to the Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal is to be read as a reference to the ADT constituted in accordance with any applicable provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act relating to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1986.