Veterinary Services Act 2023

The Executive Officer must keep and maintain the following registers:

a general register;

a specialist register;

a register of persons who have been removed from the general register or specialist register under this Act or a repealed Act;

a register of persons whose deemed registration has been affected by a decision of the Board or who have been disqualified by the Board from deemed registration.

The general and specialist registers must include, in relation to each person entered on the register—

the person's full name and business address; and

the qualifications for registration held by the person; and

in the case of a person registered on the specialist register, the specialty in which the person is registered; and

particulars of any limitation or condition of the person's registration; and

particulars of any decision of the Board—

waiving or modifying restrictions, limitations or conditions imposed on the person's registration under a corresponding law; or

waiving any suspension, cancellation or disqualification imposed on the person's registration or the person under a corresponding law, (being a registration that is deemed registration); and

any other information required by the regulations, and may include other information as the Board thinks fit.

The register of persons who have been removed from the general register or specialist register under this Act or a repealed Act—

must not include any person who is dead; and

must include, in relation to each person on the register, a statement of—

the register from which the person was removed; and

the general reason for removal of the person; and

the date of removal; and

in the case of removal consequent on suspension or disqualification—the duration of the suspension or disqualification; and

must have deleted from it all information relating to any person who has been reinstated on each register from which the person was removed.

The register of persons whose deemed registration has been affected by a decision of the Board or who have been disqualified by the Board from deemed registration under this Act—

must include, in relation to each person on the register—

the person's full name and business address; and

the registration or specialty affected by the decision; and

the date of the decision; and

the reasons for and the terms of the decision, including—

any conditions imposed by the Board; and

any waiver or modification by the Board of restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed under a corresponding law; and

any suspension, cancellation or disqualification imposed by the Board; and

any waiver by the Board of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification under a corresponding law; and

must have deleted from it all information relating to a person if the Board's decision has ceased to be operative.

The Executive Officer is responsible to the Board for the form and maintenance of the registers.

The Executive Officer must correct an entry in a register that is not, or has ceased to be, correct.

The registers may be kept in conjunction with any other register kept under this Act, or a register kept under a corresponding law.

Subject to subsection (9), a copy of the registers must be published on a website determined by the Board.

The Executive Officer may, on application, on their own initiative or at the direction of the Board, exempt information from inclusion in the copy of the register published on a website if satisfied that the information consists of information the disclosure of which would be inappropriate for any reason.