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VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 1997 - NOTES

Version No. 044

No. 58 of 1997

Version incorporating amendments as at
1 October 2022

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Version No. 044

Veterinary Practice Act 1997

No. 58 of 1997
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 October 2022

Endnotes

    1     General information

See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 22 May 1997

Legislative Council: 8 October 1997

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to make further provision for the registration of veterinary practitioners, the investigation into the professional conduct or fitness to practise of registered veterinary practitioners, to establish the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria and the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board Fund, to repeal the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1958 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts and for other purposes."

Constitution Act 1975:

Section 85(5) statement:

Legislative Assembly: 22 May 1997

Legislative Council: 8 October 1997

Absolute majorities:

Legislative Assembly: 18 September 1997

Legislative Council: 14 October 1997

The Veterinary Practice Act 1997 was assented to on 28 October 1997 and came into operation as follows:

Part 1 (sections 1–3) on 28 October 1997: section 2(1); rest of Act on 17 March 1998: Government Gazette 12 March 1998 page 520.

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section


or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

•     Headings

All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).

•     Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).

•     Punctuation

All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).

•     Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).

•     Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.

•     Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).

    2     Table of Amendments

This publication incorporates amendments made to the Veterinary Practice Act 1997 by Acts and subordinate instrument.

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Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998

Assent Date:

26.5.98

Commencement Date:

S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998

Assent Date:

2.6.98

Commencement Date:

S. 311(Sch. 1 item 100) on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98 p. 1512

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Licensing and Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 101/1998

Assent Date:

1.12.98

Commencement Date:

S. 34 on 1.2.99: Government Gazette 24.12.98 p. 3204

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002

Assent Date:

23.4.02

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 63) on 24.4.02: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Animals Legislation (Animal Welfare) Act 2003, No. 103/2003

Assent Date:

9.12.03

Commencement Date:

Ss 45–58, 60, 62–67(Sch.) on 10.12.03: s. 2(1); ss 59, 61 on 7.10.04: Government Gazette 30.9.04 p. 2721

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004

Assent Date:

21.12.04

Commencement Date:

S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 214) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005

Assent Date:

24.5.05

Commencement Date:

S. 18(Sch. 1 item 112) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2005, No. 42/2005

Assent Date:

2.8.05

Commencement Date:

Ss 53, 54 on 3.8.05: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005

Assent Date:

7.12.05

Commencement Date:

S. 182(Sch. 4 item 53) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Public Sector Acts (Further Workplace Protection and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 80/2006

Assent Date:

10.10.06

Commencement Date:

S. 26(Sch. item 107) on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 35/2009 (as amended by Nos 36/2009, 48/2010)

Assent Date:

30.6.09

Commencement Date:

Ss 109–119 on 31.12.10: s. 2(6)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09

Commencement Date:

S. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 54) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provisions amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Statute Law Amendment (National Health Practitioner Regulation) Act 2010, No. 13/2010

Assent Date:

30.3.10

Commencement Date:

S. 51(Sch. item 58) on 1.7.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010, No. 43/2010 (as amended by No. 29/2011)

Assent Date:

10.8.10

Commencement Date:

S. 49 on 1.3.11: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2010, No. 48/2010

Assent Date:

24.8.10

Commencement Date:

Ss 50–54 on 1.10.10: Government Gazette 30.9.10 p. 2286

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011

Assent Date:

21.6.11

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 102) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Statute Law Revision Act 2013, No. 70/2013

Assent Date:

19.11.13

Commencement Date:

S. 4(Sch. 2 item 54) on 1.12.13: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014

Assent Date:

25.3.14

Commencement Date:

S. 160(Sch. 2 item 102) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014

Assent Date:

23.9.14

Commencement Date:

S. 147(Sch. 2 item 39) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2014, No. 71/2014

Assent Date:

30.9.14

Commencement Date:

S. 38 on 1.7.15: s. 2(2); ss 24–37 on 1.7.15: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Statute Law Revision Act 2015, No. 21/2015

Assent Date:

16.6.15

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 59) on 1.8.15: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2016, No. 48/2016

Assent Date:

6.9.16

Commencement Date:

Ss 14–19 on 1.3.17: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018

Assent Date:

27.2.18

Commencement Date:

S. 68(Sch. 2 item 131) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2019, No. 40/2019

Assent Date:

6.11.19

Commencement Date:

Ss 84–95 on 17.12.19: Special Gazette (No. 537) 17.12.19 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

Agriculture Legislation Amendment Act 2022, No. 22/2022

Assent Date:

15.6.22

Commencement Date:

Ss 168–188, 190–193 on 1.10.22: Special Gazette (No. 506) 27.9.22 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Veterinary Practice Act 1997

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    3     Explanatory details

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