Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Where the Board proceeds to determine whether it should exercise any of the powers conferred on it by section 49 in respect of a veterinary services company, the following provisions apply:
(a) the Board shall, by notice served on the company, require the company to appear before the Board;
(b) that notice shall state that the Board intends so to proceed and specify the matter in relation to which it so intends to proceed;
(c) the company may appear before the Board by a member or an officer of the company authorized for that purpose by the company.
(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a) requiring a veterinary services company to appear before the Board shall be served at least 14 days before the day on which the company is required by the notice so to appear.
(3) If –
the Board may proceed as if the person appearing on behalf of the company were present.(a) when served with a notice under subsection (1)(a), a veterinary services company fails to appear in accordance with the notice by a person to whom subsection (1)(c) applies; or
(b) having so appeared, the person appearing on behalf of the company absents himself from the hearing of the matter to which the notice relates –
(4) For the purposes of any proceedings under this section, the Board shall have and may exercise all the powers referred to in section 45 as if the proceedings were an inquiry under section 44.
(5) Where the Board makes an order under section 49(1), the Board shall cause a copy of that order to be served on the company.