Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2018 - SECT 49

    (1)     The board may require the complainant to give the board—

        (a)     further information about the complaint; or

        (b)     a statement verifying all or part of the complaint.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     When making a requirement under this section, the board must set a reasonable period of time within which the requirement is to be satisfied, and may extend that period, whether before, on or after its expiry.

    (3)     If the person fails to give a statement verifying all or part of the complaint—

        (a)     the failure does not affect the making of the complaint; but

        (b)     the board need not take any further action on the complaint.