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Veterinarians Act 1994.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994 (2022)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the registration of veterinarians and veterinary specialists, to regulate the provision of veterinary services, and for related purposes.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Registration Monitoring Inspection Research
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 July 1994.
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 55 sections divided into eight Parts and completed by four Schedules, establishes requirements and conditions to be met for veterinarians. The main purposes of this Act are as follows: provide for the registration of veterinarians and veterinary specialists to regulate veterinary service within the Northern Territory. It also creates the Veterinary Board of the Northern Territory, establishing its composition, duties and responsibilities, entitled to perform the following activities: promote high standards of professional conduct in the provision of veterinary services in the Territory; regulate the registration of persons as veterinarians or veterinary specialists; exercise in relation to persons registered, or formerly registered, as veterinarians or veterinary specialists the disciplinary powers conferred by Part 5; investigate any matter relating to the professional conduct of veterinarians; issue guidelines in relation to standards to be observed by registered veterinarians and veterinary specialists in connection with the veterinary services; investigate suspected offences against this Act and to prosecute such offences; etc.

Full text
English
Website
legislation.nt.gov.au