Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

VETERINARY SURGEONS (AMENDMENT) (NO 48 OF 1994)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Act 1994.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Act 1965.1  

   PART II--AMENDMENTS OF PRINCIPAL ACT SHORT TITLE

   4.      Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “Registration”.  
   5.      Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   6.      Section 4A of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:  
   7.      The heading to Part III of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “AND QUALIFICATIONS”.  
   8.      Before section 11 of the Principal Act the following Divisions and Division heading are inserted in Part III:  
   9.      Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   10.     Sections 12 to 17E (inclusive) of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted:  
   11.     Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   12.     Sections 21 to 25 (inclusive) of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections, Division and Part heading substituted:  

   PART IV--DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

   13.     Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   14.     Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   15.     Sections 27A and 27B and Part IV of the Principal Act are repealed.  
   16.     Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   17.     Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   18.     After Part V of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:  

   PART VA--APPEALS REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   19.     Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   20.     The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.  

   PART III--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   21.     A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Principal Act continues to be registered under the Principal Act as amended by this Act on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as applied to his or her registration immediately before the commencement of this Act.  
   22.     A person who, immediately before the repeal of section 17B of the Principal Act by this Act, held provisional registration under that section shall, on the commencement of this Act, be taken to be a person who has been granted interim registration in accordance with section 10B of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.  
   23.     A person who, immediately before the repeal of section 17C of the Principal Act by this Act, held temporary registration under that section shall, on the commencement of this Act, be taken to be a person who has been granted temporary registration in accordance with subsection 10A (4) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.  
   25.     An application for registration under the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act that had not been determined before the commencement of this Act shall be taken to be an application for registration under the Principal Act as amended by this Act and any inquiry for the purposes of the application may be continued or completed.  
   28.     An order having effect under a provision of the Principal Act repealed by this Act is, by this section, converted to an equivalent order under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.  

   PART IV--MISCELLANEOUS RENUMBERING OF PROVISIONS
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