New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 17

17 Application to registration of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002

(1) The Board may grant the following kinds of registration for the purposes of this Act:

(a) full registration,

(b) honorary registration,

(c) limited registration,

(d) provisional registration,

(e) specialist registration.

(2) Part 3 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 ( "the applied Act") applies to and in respect of registration under this Act, subject to the modifications and limitations prescribed by or under this Act.

Note: See clause 19 of Schedule 4, which temporarily suspends the provisions of the applied Act in relation to the making of applications by way of electronic communication.

(3) For the purposes of applying Part 3 of the applied Act to the granting of registration under this Act:

(a) an application for the granting of registration may only be made by an individual and must be accompanied by the approved fee for the application, and

(b) the Board may require an application for the granting of registration to be accompanied by such documents in support of the application as the Board requires, and

(c) registration may be amended under that Act, and

(d) section 54 of that Act does not have effect, and

(e) the reference to 28 days in section 46 (1) of that Act (as to the period within which applications are to be dealt with) is to be read as a reference to 40 days, and

(f) the reference to 14 days in section 48 (1) of that Act (as to the period within which notice of the Board’s decision on an application is to be notified) is to be read as a reference to 7 days.

(4) Full registration, honorary registration or specialist registration is continuing registration for the purposes of Part 3 of the applied Act.

(5) Subject to this section, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to such matters concerning registration under this Act as are relevant to the operation of Part 3 of the applied Act.