Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person registered or eligible to be registered as a veterinarian under section 13 may apply to be registered as a veterinary specialist:
(a) in a branch of veterinary surgery or medicine in which he or she is registered as a specialist in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(b) in any branch of veterinary surgery or medicine.
(2) An application under subsection (1)(a) shall be made to the Board in an approved form accompanied by the prescribed application fee.
(3) If the Board is satisfied that the applicant is registered in a State or another Territory as a specialist in the branch of veterinary surgery or medicine specified in the application, it shall direct his or her registration as a veterinary specialist in that branch.
(4) An application under subsection (1)(b) shall be in accordance with a form approved by the Advisory Committee and shall be accompanied by:
(a) the documents specified in the form; and
(b) the prescribed application fee; and
(c) the fee required by the Advisory Committee for examining, and making recommendations about, applications for specialist registration,
and the Board shall, on receiving the application, forward a copy of the form to the Advisory Committee, together with copies of all accompanying documents and the fee referred to in paragraph (c).
(5) The Board may, by notice in writing, require an applicant under subsection (1)(b) to supply the Board with information about a matter specified in the notice.
(6) The Board shall not determine an application under subsection (1)(b) until:
(a) it has received from the Advisory Committee its recommendation as to whether or not the applicant should be registered in accordance with the application; and
(b) the applicant has complied, to the Board's satisfaction, with a notice under subsection (5).
(6) The Board is not bound by a recommendation of the Advisory Committee in determining an application but it shall notify the Advisory Committee in writing of a determination that is contrary to a recommendation of the Committee.
(7) The Board may direct the registration of an applicant under subsection (1)(b) as a veterinary specialist in the branch applied for, or may refuse the application.
(8) Where the Board refuses an application under subsection (1)(b), it shall, in writing, inform the applicant of the refusal and notify the applicant:
(a) whether or not the Advisory Committee recommended registration;
(b) where the Advisory Committee recommended registration – of the Board's reasons for the refusal; and
(c) where the Advisory Committee recommended against registration – of the Committee's reasons for its recommendation and, if different, the Board's reasons for the refusal.
(9) In this section, Advisory Committee means the body from time to time recognised by the authorities responsible for the registration of veterinary specialists in the States and Territories of the Commonwealth as having the function of promoting uniform standards for such registration, being the body known at the passing of this Act by the Legislative Assembly as the Advisory Committee on Registration of Veterinary Specialists.