Veterinary Surgeons Registration (Amendment) Act 1981 (ACT)

No. 53 of 1981

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Ordinance 1965

I, T H E GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government

(Administration) Act 1910.

Dated this third day of December 1981.

ZELMAN C O W E N

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

M I C H A E L M A C K E L L A R

Minister of State for Health

VETERINARY SURGEONS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT)

ORDINANCE 1981

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons Regis­

tration (Amendment) Ordinance 1981.*

2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for the Capital Territory by notice in the Gazette.

• Ord inance N o . 3, 1965 as a m e n d e d by N o . 19. 1966; N o . 17, 1967; N o . .19. 1970; N o . 65. 1977; No . 46, 1978; N o . 26, 1979; and N o . 52, 1980.

3. In this Ordinance, " Principal Ordinance " means the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Ordinance 1965.f

4. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)	by omitting the definition of " the Election Ordinance "; and
(b)	by inserting after the definition of " the Register " the fol­ lowing definition:

" ' the Tribunal ' means the Administrative Appeals

Tribunal established by the Administrative	Appeals
Tribunal Act 1975;".

• Notif ied in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 D e c e m b e r 1981.

5. Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting sub­

sections ( 2 ) , (3) and ( 4 ) .

6.   Section 6 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:

" (1) The Board shall consist of—

(a)	an officer of the Australian Public Service appointed
in accordance with the Health Professions Boards

(Procedures) Ordinance 1981;

(b)	2 other members appointed in accordance with that Ordinance; and
(c)	2 members elected, as occasion requires, in accord­ ance with the Health Professions Boards (Elections) Ordinance 1980."; and

(b) by omitting sub-sections (5 ) and ( 6 ) .

7. Section 7 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

sub-sections (2 ) and ( 3 ) .

8. Sections 7A, 8, 9 and 10 of the Principal Ordinance are repealed.

9. Section 16 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.

10. Section 22 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

sub-sections ( 2 ) , (3 ) and ( 4 ) .

11. Section 23 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.

12. Section 26 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the fol­

lowing section substituted:

" 26. (1) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, cause a notice of a decision of the Board or of the Tribunal on application for review of a decision of the Board—

(a) removing the name of a person from the Register;
(b) reprimanding a person; or

(c) suspending the registration of a person,

and the reasons for the decision, including the findings on material

questions of fact, to be published in the Gazette.

" (2) A notice of a decision shall not be published under sub­

section (1) until—

(a) the period within which an application may be made to the Tribunal for review of the decision has expired; and

(b) if an application for review of the decision is made, the Tribunal has given its decision on the application.".

13. Section 28 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section substituted:

" 28. Application may be made to the Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Board—

(a) refusing to register, or to re-register, a person;
(b) removing the name of a person from the Register;
(c) reprimanding a person; or

(d) suspending the registration of a person.".

14. Sections 34 to 42 (inclusive) of the Principal Ordinance are

repealed.
15. (1) The person who was, immediately before the commence­ ment of this Ordinance, the Chairman of the Board continues to be the Chairman of the Board as if he had been appointed as the Chairman under the Principal Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance and holds office subject to the Principal Ordinance as so amended and the Health

Professions Boards (Procedures) Ordinance 1981.

(2) The person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, the Deputy Chairman of the Board continues to be the Deputy Chairman of the Board as if he had been elected as the Deputy Chairman under the Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Ordinance 1981 and holds office subject to that Ordinance.

(3) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, a member of the Board continues to be a member of the Board -as if he had been appointed or elected as a member under the Principal Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance and holds office	subject to the Health Professions Boards (Procedures)	Ordinance
1981.

(4) An expression in this section that is defined in the Principal Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance has the same meaning for the purposes of this section as it has in the Principal Ordinance as so amended.