Notifications
52 Notifications
S. 52(1) amended by No. 103/2003 s. 65(c).
If a determination has been made by a panel—
imposing conditions, limitations or restrictions on the registration of a veterinary practitioner; or
suspending the registration of a veterinary practitioner; or
cancelling the registration of a veterinary practitioner; or
S. 52(1)(d) amended by No. 103/2003 s. 65(a).
cancelling or altering the endorsement of the registration of the veterinary practitioner as a specialist veterinary practitioner;
S. 52(1)(da) inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 65(b).
that a person is not entitled to re-apply for general registration as a veterinary practitioner for a specified period;
S. 52(1)(db) inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 65(b).
that a person is not entitled to re-apply for endorsement as a specialist practitioner for a specified period—
the Board must give notice of the determination—
in the Government Gazette; and
S. 52(1)(f) amended by No. 35/2009 s. 119(1).
to every interstate veterinary registration authority and the veterinary registration authority in New Zealand; and
if the veterinary practitioner is an employee, to his or her employer; and
if the Board has received a request for information about the person in respect of whom the determination has been made from a veterinary registration authority outside Australia, that authority.
S. 52(1A) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 119(2).
If a determination has been made by a panel—
requiring a veterinary practitioner to undergo counselling; or
cautioning a veterinary practitioner; or
reprimanding a veterinary practitioner; or
requiring a veterinary practitioner to give any written undertaking about his or her conduct as a veterinary practitioner that the Board considers appropriate; or
requiring a veterinary practitioner to undertake further education or training of the kind stated in the determination, or to successfully complete an examination or assessment conducted by or on behalf of the Board, within the period specified in the determination; or
imposing a fine on a veterinary practitioner of not more than $2000; or
requiring a veterinary practitioner to pay the reasonable costs of, and incidental to, the hearing—
the Board must give notice of the determination to every interstate veterinary registration authority.
S. 52(2) amended by No. 35/2009 s. 119(3).
Notice under subsection (1) or (1A) must be given as soon as practicable after the determination has been made.
No action for defamation lies against the Board or its members for giving a notice under this section.
If a complaint has been made to the Board, the Board must notify the complainant—
of whether or not a formal or informal hearing is to be conducted into the matter and, if so, of the time and place of the hearing and, in the case of a formal hearing, of the fact that the complainant's identity is not to be published or broadcast; and
in the case of a formal or informal hearing, of whether or not the complainant has any right to make submissions at the hearing; and
of the findings and determinations of any hearing arising from that complaint and the reasons for those findings and determinations, within 28 days of their having been made.
S. 53 substituted by No. 22/2022 s. 184.
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