Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the tribunal in making a decision on a proceeding before it about--
(a) a charge alleging misconduct in a professional respect against a veterinary surgeon; or
(b) whether or not a veterinary surgeon's name should be removed from the register of veterinary surgeons because he or she is medically unfit to practise veterinary science.
(2) In making its decision, the tribunal--
(a) must have regard to any relevant previous decisions of which the tribunal is aware about the veterinary surgeon by the tribunal, the board or a committee; and
(b) may have regard to any relevant previous decisions about the veterinary surgeon by a foreign disciplinary body.
(3) For subsection (2)(a), the tribunal may access the previous decisions of the board or a committee and the reasons for the decision.
(4) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters the tribunal may consider in making its decision.
(5) In this section--
committee means a committee of medical practitioners appointed under section 22D(1).
foreign disciplinary body means an entity established under the law of another State or a foreign country having functions similar to the functions of the tribunal or board.