South Australian Current Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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Repeal of Act

The Veterinary Practice Act 2003 will be repealed by Sch 1 cl 33 of the Veterinary Services Act 2023.

Legislation repealed by principal Act

The Veterinary Practice Act 2003 repealed the following:

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1985

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2003	41	Veterinary Practice Act 2003	23.10.2003	15.9.2005 (Gazette 15.9.2005 p3344)
2006	43	Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006	14.12.2006	Pt 91 (s 217)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352)
2009	84	Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 160 (ss 362 & 363)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)
2011	36	Statutes Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2011	22.9.2011	Pt 26 (s 35)—1.1.2012 (Gazette 15.12.2011 p4988)
2013	76	Veterinary Practice (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2013	5.12.2013	1.1.2015 (Gazette 25.9.2014 p5988)
2019	14	Statutes Amendment (SACAT) Act 2019	11.7.2019	Pt 31 (ss 187 to 203)—4.5.2020 (Gazette 27.2.2020 p442)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Long title	amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.6.2007
	amended by 76/2013 s 4	1.1.2015
Pt 1
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.6.2007
s 3
s 3(1)
corresponding law	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(1)	1.1.2015
corresponding specialty	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(1)	1.1.2015
deemed registration	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(1)	1.1.2015
interstate registration authority	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(2)	1.1.2015
District Court	deleted by 14/2019 s 187(1)	4.5.2020
jurisdiction	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(2)	1.1.2015
participating jurisdiction	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(3)	1.1.2015
primary registration	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(3)	1.1.2015
registration	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(4)	1.1.2015
Tribunal	inserted by 14/2019 s 187(2)	4.5.2020
veterinary surgeon	substituted by 76/2013 s 5(5)	1.1.2015
s 3(3)	amended by 76/2013 s 5(6)	1.1.2015
s 3(8)	inserted by 76/2013 s 5(7)	1.1.2015
Pt 2
s 6
s 6(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 6(1), (2)	1.1.2015
s 6(5)	inserted by 76/2013 s 6(3)	1.1.2015
s 7
s 7(4)	amended by 14/2019 s 188	4.5.2020
s 13
s 13(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 7(1)	1.1.2015
s 13(1a)	inserted by 76/2013 s 7(2)	1.1.2015
s 13(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 7(3), (5)	1.1.2015
	(b) deleted by 76/2013 s 7(4)	1.1.2015
s 14	deleted by 76/2013 s 8	1.1.2015
s 16
s 16(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 189	4.5.2020
s 17
s 17(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 9	1.1.2015
s 17(3)	amended by 14/2019 s 190(1)	4.5.2020
s 17(5)	amended by 14/2019 s 190(2)	4.5.2020
s 17(8)	amended by 14/2019 s 190(3), (4)	4.5.2020
s 18	substituted by 84/2009 s 362	1.2.2010
s 19
s 19(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 191	4.5.2020
Pt 3
Pt 3 Div 1
s 26	substituted by 76/2013 s 10	1.1.2015
s 27	deleted by 76/2013 s 10	1.1.2015
s 28
s 28(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 11(1), (2)	1.1.2015
s 29	amended by 76/2013 s 12	1.1.2015
s 29A	inserted by 76/2013 s 13	1.1.2015
s 30
s 30(5)	amended by 14/2019 s 192	4.5.2020
Pt 3 Div 2
heading	substituted by 76/2013 s 14	1.1.2015
s 32
s 32(1)	substituted by 76/2013 s 15(1)	1.1.2015
s 32(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 15(2), (3)	1.1.2015
s 33
s 33(4)	inserted by 76/2013 s 16	1.1.2015
s 34
s 34(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 17(1)	1.1.2015
s 34(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 17(2)	1.1.2015
s 34(5)	inserted by 76/2013 s 17(3)	1.1.2015
	amended by 14/2019 s 193	4.5.2020
s 34(6) and (7)	inserted by 76/2013 s 17(3)	1.1.2015
s 35
s 35(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 194	4.5.2020
s 35(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 18(1)	1.1.2015
s 35(3)	amended by 76/2013 s 18(2)	1.1.2015
s 36
s 36(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 19(1)	1.1.2015
s 36(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 19(2), (3)	1.1.2015
s 37
s 37(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 20	1.1.2015
s 38	amended by 76/2013 s 21	1.1.2015
	amended by 14/2019 s 195	4.5.2020
Pt 3 Divs 3—5	inserted by 76/2013 s 22	1.1.2015
Pt 4
s 40
s 40(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 23(1)	1.1.2015
s 40(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 23(2)	1.1.2015
s 41
s 41(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 24(1)	1.1.2015
s 41(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 24(2)	1.1.2015
s 42
s 42(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 25(1)	1.1.2015
s 42(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 25(2)	1.1.2015
s 42(3)
prescribed word	substituted by 76/2013 s 25(3)	1.1.2015
s 43
s 43(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 26(1)	1.1.2015
s 43(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 26(2)	1.1.2015
s 46
s 46(1)
domestic partner	inserted by 43/2006 s 217(1)	1.6.2007
prescribed relative	amended by 43/2006 s 217(2)	1.6.2007
putative spouse	deleted by 43/2006 s 217(3)	1.6.2007
spouse	substituted by 43/2006 s 217(3)	1.6.2007
Pt 5
s 60	amended by 76/2013 s 27	1.1.2015
s 61
s 61(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 28	1.1.2015
s 62
s 62(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 196(1)	4.5.2020
s 62(2) and (3)	deleted by 14/2019 s 196(2)	4.5.2020
s 62(4)	amended by 76/2013 s 29(1)	1.1.2015
	substituted by 14/2019 s 196(3)	4.5.2020
s 62(5)	amended by 14/2019 s 196(4)	4.5.2020
s 62(5a)—(5d)	inserted by 14/2019 s 196(5)	4.5.2020
s 62(7) and (8)	deleted by 14/2019 s 196(6)	4.5.2020
s 62(9)	substituted by 76/2013 s 29(2)	1.1.2015
s 62(10)	amended by 14/2019 s 196(7)	4.5.2020
s 62(11)	inserted by 76/2013 s 29(3)	1.1.2015
	amended by 14/2019 s 196(8), (9)	4.5.2020
s 62(12)	inserted by 76/2013 s 29(3)	1.1.2015
	amended by 14/2019 s 196(10), (11)	4.5.2020
s 63	substituted by 14/2019 s 197	4.5.2020
Pt 5
Pt 5 Div 5	deleted by 14/2019 s 198	4.5.2020
Pt 6
heading	substituted by 14/2019 s 199	4.5.2020
s 66
s 66(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 30	1.1.2015
	amended by 14/2019 s 200(1)—(3)	4.5.2020
s 66(2)	deleted by 14/2019 s 200(4)	4.5.2020
s 66(3)	substituted by 14/2019 s 200(5)	4.5.2020
s 66(4)	amended by 14/2019 s 200(6)	4.5.2020
s 66(5)	amended by 14/2019 s 200(7)	4.5.2020
s 67
s 67(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 201(1), (2)	4.5.2020
Pt 7
s 73	deleted by 36/2011 s 35	1.1.2012
s 74
s 74(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 31	1.1.2015
s 75	deleted by 84/2009 s 363	1.2.2010
	inserted by 76/2013 s 32	1.1.2015
s 75A	inserted by 76/2013 s 32	1.1.2015
s 76
s 76(1)	amended by 76/2013 s 33	1.1.2015
s 76(2)	amended by 14/2019 s 202	4.5.2020
s 79
s 79(2)	amended by 76/2013 s 34	1.1.2015
Sch
cl 1	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.6.2007

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (SACAT) Act 2019, Part 31

203—Transitional provisions

(1) A right to lay a complaint under section 62 of the principal Act with respect to a matter in existence before the relevant day, with the effect that the relevant proceedings would have been commenced before the Board, will be exercised as if this Part had been in operation before the right arose, so that the complaint may be laid instead before the Tribunal.

(2) A decision or order of the Board under Part 5 Division 4 of the principal Act in force immediately before the relevant day will, on and from the relevant day, be taken to be a decision or order of the Tribunal.

(3) Any proceedings before the Board under Part 5 Division 4 of the principal Act immediately before the relevant day that have proceeded to a listing will, unless the President of the Tribunal and the presiding member of the Board otherwise agree, continue and be determined by the Board under the principal Act as if it had not been amended by this Part.

(4) Any decisions or orders arising out of any proceedings before the Board referred to in subsection (3) will take effect as if they were a decision or order of the Tribunal (including for the purposes of exercising any rights of review or appeal under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013).

(5) Any proceedings before the Board under Part 5 Division 4 of the principal Act immediately before the relevant day that have not proceeded to a listing will, subject to such directions as the President of the Tribunal thinks fit, be transferred to the Tribunal where they may proceed as if they had been commenced before the Tribunal.

(6) The Tribunal may take such steps as the Tribunal thinks fit to promote or ensure the smoothest possible transition from 1 jurisdiction to another in connection with the operation of subsection (5).

(7) A right of appeal under section 66 of the principal Act, other than under section 66(1)(c) in respect of a decision of the Board that relates to proceedings under Part 5 Division 4, in existence before the relevant day (but not exercised before that day) will be exercised as if this Part had been in operation before that right arose, so that the relevant proceedings may be commenced before the Tribunal rather than the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court.

(8) Nothing in this section affects a right of appeal to the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court against a decision of the Board in proceedings under Part 5 Division 4 made or given before the relevant day (as the right existed under section 66(1)(c) of the principal Act before its amendment by this Act).

(9) Nothing in this section affects any proceedings before the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court commenced before the relevant day.

(10) For the purposes of this section, proceedings of the Board, in respect of a matter, have proceeded to a listing if a hearing (including a directions hearing, interlocutory hearing or other preliminary hearing) has been held by the Board.

(11) In this section—

Board means the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia within the meaning of the principal Act;

principal Act means the Veterinary Practice Act 2003;

relevant day means the day on which this Part comes into operation;

Tribunal means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.

Historical versions

1.6.2007
1.2.2010
1.1.2012
1.1.2015