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VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1986 - SECT 17

Provisional registration

17 Provisional registration

(1) In this section:
"authorised member of the Board" means the President of the Board or any other member authorised by the Board.
(2) Where a person has applied to be registered as a veterinary surgeon under section 12 (full registration), an authorised member of the Board, on being satisfied that the applicant:
(a) is entitled to be so registered, or
(b) has satisfied all the requirements for an academic award referred to in section 12 (1) (a) and, but for the conferring of the award, would be entitled to be so registered,
may, on behalf of the Board, issue to the applicant a certificate of provisional registration in the form approved by the Board.
(3) An authorised member of the Board shall not issue a provisional certificate of registration to a person unless satisfied that the person is of good fame and character and has made the prescribed declaration referred to in section 11 (b).
(4) A person who is the holder of a certificate of provisional registration shall be deemed to be registered as a veterinary surgeon under section 12 (full registration) for a period of 3 months from the date of issue of the certificate.
(5) The Board may, for any reason, cancel a certificate of provisional registration without prejudice to the application of the person who was the holder of the certificate to be registered as a veterinary surgeon under section 12.
(6) On the cancellation or expiry of a certificate of provisional registration, the holder of the certificate shall cease to be deemed to be registered as a veterinary surgeon under section 12.
(7) If a person to whom a certificate of provisional registration has been issued becomes registered as a veterinary surgeon under section 12 (full registration) during the currency of the certificate:
(a) the person’s registration shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board, date from the issue of the certificate of provisional registration, and
(b) the person’s provisional registration shall, notwithstanding subsection (4), expire on the day on which the person becomes so registered.



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