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VETERINARIANS ACT - SECT 38

Entries in register, &c.

    (1)     The Registrar shall make the entries in the Register as are appropriate by reason of an order made by the Local Court on an appeal under this Part or, on a further appeal, by the Supreme Court.

    (2)     Where:

        (a)     an order of a Court requires a registered veterinarian to pay a fine to the Board, an amount by way of compensation to a complainant or an amount in respect of costs to the Board or a complainant; and

        (b)     the amount is not paid in accordance with the order,

the Board may, if it thinks fit, by notice in writing served on the registered veterinarian, suspend his or her registration, together with his or her registration, if any, as a veterinary specialist, until the fine or amount is paid.

    (3)     The suspension of a registration by a notice under subsection (2) shall take effect on the service of the notice, and the Registrar shall:

        (a)     note the suspension on the Register; and

        (b)     on being satisfied that the fine or amount in question has been paid, note on the Register that the suspension has ceased to have effect.

    (4)     Where:

        (a)     the Board has found a person to have been guilty of misconduct, and has published a notice of its finding under section 33(4); and

        (b)     the finding is quashed by a court on appeal,

the Board shall publish a notice, in a manner similar to the notice published under section 33(4), advising that its finding has been quashed by the Court.



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