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Veterinary Practice Act 1997.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Victoria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Standards Registration Monitoring Inspection
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 97 sections divided into eleven Parts, establishes Veterinary Practice Act. The main purposes of this Act are: to protect the public by providing for the registration of veterinary practitioners and investigations into the professional conduct and fitness to practise of registered veterinary practitioners; and to establish the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria and the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board Fund; and to make consequential amendments to other Acts; etc. It specifies that only specific persons may apply for registration as a veterinary practitioner, such as: natural persons whose principal place of residence is in Victoria; natural persons whose principal place of residence will be in Victoria while practising as a veterinary practitioner; natural persons in the case of an application for specific registration under section 7. A veterinary practitioner: a) who is a registered veterinary practitioner by the operation of section 3A; and b) whose principal place of residence will be in Victoria after the expiry of the practitioner's current annual registration period for the practitioner's interstate right to practise; and c) who intends to carry on veterinary practice after expiry of that registration period— must apply for registration in Victoria before the expiry of that registration period.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.vic.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Veterinary Practice Regulations 2018.

Legislation | Australia | 2018

Keyword: Animal health, Standards, Registration, Monitoring, Inspection, Certification, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Agriculture Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 22 of 2022.

Legislation | Australia | 2022

Keyword: Inspection, Farming, Subsidy/incentive, Agricultural development, Meat, Slaughtering, Drugs, Toxicity/poisoning, Offences/penalties, Animal health, Pesticides, Pests/diseases, Certification, Biosecurity, Plant protection, Weeds, Hunting authorization/permit fee

Source: FAO, FAOLEX