New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1986 - SECT 54

54 Superintendents of veterinary hospitals

(1) A licensee of a veterinary hospital may, by instrument in writing in the form approved by the Board, nominate himself or herself or another person to be the superintendent of the veterinary hospital as on and from such date as may be specified in the instrument.

(2) A person is not qualified to be nominated as the superintendent of a veterinary hospital:

(a) unless the person is a registered veterinary surgeon, and

(b) if the person is the superintendent of another veterinary hospital, except with the permission in writing of the Board and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Board specifies in that permission.

(3) Within 7 days after a person becomes or ceases to be the superintendent of a veterinary hospital, the licensee shall lodge with the Board:

(a) the instrument by which that person was nominated to be the superintendent, or

(b) a notice, in writing, specifying the day on which that person ceased to be the superintendent,

as the case may require.

Maximum penalty (subsection (3)): 5 penalty units.