Veterinary Practice Act 1997

In this Act—

S. 3 def. of Admini-strative Appeals Tribunal repealed by No. 101/1998 s. 34(a).

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S. 3 def. of alcoholic repealed by No. 43/2010 s. 49(1)(a) (as amended by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 86.2)).

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S. 3 def. of approved person inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 168(1).

approved person means a person approved under section 3C;

S. 3 def. of Australian legal practitioner inserted by No. 71/2014 s. 24, repealed by No. 71/2014 s. 38.

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Board means the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria established under Part 6;

S. 3 def. of drug-dependent person repealed by No. 43/2010 s. 49(1)(a) (as amended by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 86.2)).

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Fund means the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board Fund established under Part 7;

S. 3 def. of interstate right to practise inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 109(1).

interstate right to practise means a right to carry on or engage in veterinary practice in another State or a Territory, being the equivalent of general registration under section 6;

S. 3 def. of interstate veterinary registration authority inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 109(1).

interstate veterinary registration authority means a person or body conferred with the function or power under a law of another State or a Territory to confer or grant a right to carry on or engage in veterinary practice in that State or Territory, being the equivalent of registration as a veterinary practitioner under this Act;

S. 3 def. of lawyer amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 102).

lawyer means an Australian lawyer;

S. 3 def. of principal place of residence inserted by No. 71/2014 s. 24.

principal place of residence includes sole place of residence;

register means the register of veterinary practitioners kept under Part 2;

S. 3 def. of registered medical practitioner amended by No. 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 53.1), substituted by No. 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 58.1).

registered medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student);

S. 3 def. of registered veterinary practitioner substituted by No. 35/2009 s. 109(2), amended by No. 22/2022 s. 168(3).

registered veterinary practitioner means—

S. 3 def. of Secretary inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 45(a), amended by Nos 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 214.1), 70/2013 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 54), 22/2022 s. 168(4), 41/2025 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 31).

Secretary means the person who is, for the time being, the Department Head (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004) of the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action;

S. 3 def. of severe substance dependence inserted by No. 43/2010 s. 49(1)(b) (as amended by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 86.2)).

severe substance dependence has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010;

S. 3 def. of unpro-fessional conduct amended by Nos 103/2003 s. 45(b), 22/2022 s. 168(2).

unprofessional conduct means all or any of the following—

Note

See section 7AA for the cancellation of the specific registration of a veterinary practitioner if there is a condition, limitation or restriction imposed on the registration and this condition cannot be complied with.

veterinary practice means the practise of veterinary surgery and veterinary medicine.

S. 3A inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 110.