Veterinary Surgeons Act 1987

If the Board is not immediately able to consider under section 18 or 19 an application, members of the Board, or one member of the Board together with the Registrar, may register the applicant under section 18 or 19 temporarily until the application can be considered by the Board.

An applicant may only be registered temporarily under section 18 or 19 in accordance with subsection (1) if – the persons registering the applicant are reasonably satisfied that the Board would have registered the applicant under section 18 or 19, as the case may be, if the application for registration had been considered by the Board at the time of the temporary registration; and the relevant fee has been paid.