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