New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 41

41 Board to notify person against whom complaint is made

(1) Written notice of the making of a complaint, the nature of the complaint, the type of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct that the Board considers may be indicated by the complaint and the identity of the complainant is to be given by the Board to the veterinary practitioner against whom the complaint is made, as soon as practicable after the complaint is made.

(2) Any such notice must invite the veterinary practitioner to make, within such period (being at least 7 days) as the Board specifies in the notice, such representations in writing to the Board with respect to the complaint as the veterinary practitioner thinks fit.

(3) The Board need not give notice or may exclude from the notice any information required to be included under subsection (1) if, in the opinion of the Board, the giving of the notice or the inclusion of the information will or is likely to:

(a) prejudice the investigation of the complaint, or

(b) place the health or safety of a person at risk, or

(c) place the complainant or another person at risk of intimidation or harassment.