South Australian Current Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 38A

38A—Recognition of veterinary surgeons registered in other jurisdictions

        (1)         Subject to this Act, a natural person will, in relation to providing veterinary treatment or engaging in other conduct as a veterinary surgeon in this State, be taken to be registered under this Act (referred to in this Act as "deemed registration ) if—

            (a)         the person's principal place of residence is another jurisdiction; and

            (b)         the other jurisdiction is a participating jurisdiction; and

            (c)         the person is registered under the corresponding law of that other jurisdiction (being registration that corresponds to primary registration under this Act); and

            (d)         the person does not hold primary registration under this Act.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a person's principal place of residence includes any jurisdiction which was, in the last 3 months, the person's principal place of residence.

        (3)         A natural person with registration under a corresponding law of a kind recognised by the regulations as corresponding to registration on the specialist register under this Act will be taken to be registered on the specialist register under this Act in each specialty that is a corresponding specialty and in which the person has registration under the corresponding law (insofar as registration under the corresponding law corresponds to primary registration under this Act).