Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts10. Sections 12 to 17E (inclusive) of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted:
“12. (1) The Board shall keep a Register to be called the ‘Register of Specialist Veterinary Surgeons'.
“(2) The Register may be maintained by electronic means.
“13. The registration of a person as a veterinary surgeon shall be effected by entering in the Register of Veterinary Surgeons—
(a) the name of the person;
(b) the person's professional address or addresses in the Territory or, if he or she has no professional address in the Territory, his or her place of residence, whether within or outside the Territory;
(c) particulars of the qualifications of the person relevant to practise as a veterinary surgeon;
(d) the registration number allotted to the person;
(e) the date of registration;
(f) the provision by virtue of which the person is entitled to be registered;
(g) any condition to which the person's registration is subject; and
(h) such other particulars, if any, as are prescribed.
“14. The registration of a person as a specialist veterinary surgeon shall be effected by entering in the Register of Specialist Veterinary Surgeons—
(a) the name of the person;
(b) the specialist branch of veterinary surgery in which the person is being registered;
(c) particulars of the qualifications of the person relevant to practising that specialist branch of veterinary surgery;
(d) the registration number allotted to the person;
(e) the date of registration;
(f) the provision by virtue of which the person is entitled to be registered;
(g) any condition to which the person's registration is subject;
(h) the registration number allotted to the person in the Register of Veterinary Surgeons; and
(j) such other particulars, if any, as are prescribed.
“15. (1) Where a person is registered as a veterinary surgeon, the Board shall cause to be issued to the person a certificate of registration, signed by the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
“(2) A certificate of registration shall—
(a) state the provision by virtue of which the person specified in the certificate is entitled to be registered as a veterinary surgeon;
(b) where the person is registered as a specialist veterinary surgeon—state the specialist branch of veterinary surgery in which the person is registered and the provision by virtue of which the person is entitled to be registered as a specialist veterinary surgeon; and
(c) set out any conditions to which his or her registration as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon is subject.
“(3) The Chairperson may, by notice in writing, require a person registered as a specialist veterinary surgeon and to whom a certificate of registration as a veterinary surgeon has been issued, to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 14 days after the date of receipt of the notice for the purpose of enabling the Board to endorse on the certificate details of the person's registration as a specialist veterinary surgeon.
“(4) A certificate of registration is evidence that the person specified in the certificate was registered as a veterinary surgeon and, if applicable, as a specialist veterinary surgeon, on the date or dates specified in the certificate.
“(5) Where a person's certificate of registration has been lost or destroyed the Board shall, on payment of the determined fee, cause a duplicate certificate to be issued to the person.
“(6) The Chairperson shall, by notice in writing, require a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon whose registration is cancelled or suspended to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 14 days after the date of receipt of the notice.
“(7) If the registration of a person as a specialist veterinary surgeon is cancelled, the Board shall, on receipt of the certificate of registration in accordance with subsection (6), issue to the veterinary surgeon a certificate of registration as a veterinary surgeon.
“(8) Where a person whose registration as a veterinary surgeon has been suspended delivers his or her certificate of registration to the Board, the Board shall retain the certificate during the period of the suspension and return it to the person at the expiration of that period unless the person's registration as a veterinary surgeon has sooner been cancelled.
“(9) Where the Board suspends the registration of a person as a specialist veterinary surgeon, the Board shall, on receipt of the certificate of registration in accordance with subsection (6)—
(a) retain the certificate during the period of the suspension;
(b) cause a temporary certificate of registration as a veterinary surgeon to be issued to the person for that period; and
(c) return the first-mentioned certificate to the person at the expiration of that period unless—
(i) the person's registration as a veterinary surgeon has sooner been suspended or cancelled; or
(ii) the person's registration as a specialist veterinary surgeon has sooner been cancelled.
“(10) Where, after a certificate of registration has been issued to a person—
(a) conditions are imposed on the registration of the person as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon; or
(b) conditions imposed on the registration of the person as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon are varied;
the Chairperson may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to deliver his or her certificate of registration to the Board within 14 days after the date of receipt of the notice for the purpose of enabling a statement of the conditions imposed, or the conditions as varied, to be endorsed on the certificate.
“(11) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a notice under subsection (3), (6) or (10) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $500.
“16. Where—
(a) a change occurs in an address of a registered veterinary surgeon shown in the Register of Veterinary Surgeons; or
(b) a registered veterinary surgeon establishes, or ceases to have, a professional address in the Territory;
the registered veterinary surgeon shall, within 1 month of the change or establishment, as the case may be, notify the Chairperson in writing.
Penalty: $500.”.