Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1965 (REPEALED) - SECT 40

    (1)     The board may—

        (a)     cancel the registration of a person; or

        (b)     by order served on the person, suspend the registration of the person for the period the board considers appropriate;

if satisfied—

        (c)     that the registration of the person was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; or

        (d)     that the qualification of the person that entitled him or her to registration has been withdrawn or cancelled by the body that granted it; or

        (e)     that the person has contravened this Act; or

Note      A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including regulations (see Legislation Act 2001 , s 104).

        (f)     that the person has contravened a condition to which his or her registration under this Act is subject; or

        (g)     that the person has been convicted in the ACT or elsewhere of an offence punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year or any offence that, in the opinion of the board, renders him or her unfit to practise as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon; or

        (h)     that the person has advertised for the purpose of procuring practice as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon or has sanctioned, or been associated with or employed by a person who sanctions, such an advertisement; or

              (i)     that the person has canvassed or employed an agent or canvasser for the purpose of procuring practice as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon or has sanctioned, or been associated with or employed by a person who sanctions, the employment of an agent or canvasser for that purpose; or

        (j)     that the person is guilty of habitual drunkenness, or addiction to a deleterious drug, that renders him or her unfit to practise as a veterinary surgeon or a specialist veterinary surgeon; or

        (k)     that the person has engaged in conduct, whether in practising as a veterinary surgeon, or specialist veterinary surgeon, or not, that adversely affects the way the person practises as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon; or

        (l)     that the person has engaged in any improper or unethical conduct relating to practising as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon; or

        (m)     that the person has failed to exercise adequate judgment or care in practising as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon; or

        (n)     that the person is not competent to practise as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon, as the case requires.

    (2)     A reference to advertising in subsection (1) (h) does not include a reference to—

        (a)     the publication by a registered veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon, from time to time, of a notice of the fact that he or she practises as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon and of each place where he or she practises; or

        (b)     the publication by a registered veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon of a notice of the fact that he or she has begun or resumed practice as a veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon or a notice of a change of an address where he or she practises; or

        (c)     the exhibition by a registered veterinary surgeon or specialist veterinary surgeon at each place where he or she practises of a notice containing his or her name and qualifications;

being a notice of a kind that conforms to the accepted customs and usages of the veterinary profession.