Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) On registering a person under section 20, the Registrar shall issue to the person a certificate of registration that:
(a) certifies that the person:
(i) is registered or has interim registration as a veterinarian; or
(ii) is registered or has interim registration as a veterinary specialist in a branch of veterinary surgery or medicine specified in the certificate; and
(aa) states whether the registration is primary or secondary; and
(b) where the person is registered with limited registration, states the fact and specifies the respects in which the registration is limited; and
(c) specifies any conditions to which the registration is subject or, in the case of a person in respect of whose application the Board refused to make a direction for registration, the order for the person's registration made by a court on an appeal; and
(d) bears the Board's common seal.
(2) A registered veterinarian or registered veterinary specialist shall cause his or her certificate of registration to be displayed at all times in a conspicuous position at the place, or principal place, at or from which he or she provides veterinary services.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) that the person, in compliance with subsection (4)(d) or with sections 22(1) or 23(3) was for that reason, at the material time, not in possession of the certificate.
(4) Where, at any time after the issue of a certificate of registration to a registered veterinarian:
(a) a condition is imposed on his or her registration;
(b) a condition to which the registration is subject is cancelled or varied; or
(c) where that registration is a limited registration, the limitations to which it is subject are varied,
the Registrar shall:
(d) by notice in writing served on the registered veterinarian, require him or her to deliver the certificate to the Registrar on or before a day specified in the notice, not earlier than 14 days after the date of service of the notice; and
(e) on receipt of the certificate, amend it appropriately and return it without delay to the registered veterinarian.
(5) Where a person's registration under this Act is suspended or cancelled, the Registrar shall, by notice in writing served on the person, require the person to surrender his or her certificate of registration to the Registrar on or before a day specified in the notice, being a day not earlier than 14 days after service of the notice.
(6) A person shall not refuse or fail to comply with a notice under subsection (4)(d) or (5).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.