New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 27

27 Removal of person’s name from Register

(1) The Board must remove a veterinary practitioner’s name from the Register if:

(a) the veterinary practitioner has died, or

(b) the veterinary practitioner has requested the Board to remove his or her name from the Register, or

(c) the Tribunal or the Supreme Court has ordered that the veterinary practitioner’s registration be cancelled.

(2) The Board may remove a veterinary practitioner’s name from the Register if:

(a) the veterinary practitioner does not possess the qualifications in respect of which he or she is registered, or

(b) the Board is of the opinion that the veterinary practitioner is not a person of good character, or

(c) the veterinary practitioner has been found guilty of any of the following offences:

(i) an offence under this Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 , the Stock Medicines Act 1989 , the Stock Diseases Act 1923 , the Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1991 , the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 , or the Export Control Act 1982 of the Commonwealth, or any of the regulations under those Acts,

(ii) any other offence under a law of this State or of the Commonwealth, or another State or Territory, that imposes a requirement on a veterinary practitioner in his or her capacity as a veterinary practitioner,

(iii) any offence under a law of the Commonwealth, or another State or Territory, or of a jurisdiction outside Australia, that in the opinion of the Board is equivalent to an offence referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), or

(d) the veterinary practitioner has had his or her authority to practise veterinary science suspended or cancelled in another State or Territory, or

(e) the veterinary practitioner has been registered because of any false or fraudulent representation or declaration made either orally or in writing, or

(f) the veterinary practitioner has become a mentally incapacitated person, or

(g) the veterinary practitioner has failed to pay any fee or fine due to the Board under this Act or any other amount ordered to be paid by the veterinary practitioner in accordance with proceedings under this Act, or

(h) the veterinary practitioner has failed to lodge a return as required by section 33.

(3) Action is not to be taken under subsection (2) unless the Board:

(a) has caused notice of the proposed action to be given to the veterinary practitioner, and

(b) has given the veterinary practitioner at least 28 days within which to make written submissions to the Board in relation to the proposed action, and

(c) has taken any such submissions into consideration.