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Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Amendment Act, 2012 (No. 16 of 2012).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982, so as to provide for the establishment of an appeal committee and its functions; to provide for the performance of compulsory community service by certain persons registering in terms of the Act, the inclusion of a physiological condition in the meaning of practising veterinary professions and para-veterinary professions and the registration of a person who has completed the relevant qualification but which has not been conferred; to provide for a registered foreign veterinarian to continue practising by attaining either citizenship or permanent residency; to provide for continuing professional development, the suspension of registered persons and the termination of such suspension; to provide for the appointment and powers of inspection officers, the investigation of complaints, and cost orders; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Livestock, Fisheries
Keyword
Fish disease Animal health Pests/diseases Drugs Inspection Institution Registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act amends the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 to: provide for an appeal against a decision of a committee delegated by the South African Veterinary Council to institute an inquiry in terms of section 31 of the Act into the conduct of any person registered in terms of the Act; provide for the establishment, composition, powers and the effect of a decision of an ad hoc appeal committee established for the purpose of considering an appeal; provide for the performance of compulsory community service for a period of one year by certain persons registering for the first time in terms of the Act provide for regulations concerning the performance of compulsory community service.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.za

References - Legislation

Amends

Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982.

Legislation | South Africa | 1982 (2002)

Keyword: Fish disease, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Drugs, Inspection, Institution, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX