Victorian Current Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 4

S. 4(1) substituted by Nos 35/2009 s. 111, 71/2014 s. 25.

    (1)     Subject to subsection (1A), only the following persons may apply for registration as a veterinary practitioner under this Part—

        (a)     in the case of an application for general registration under section 6 —

              (i)     a natural person whose principal place of residence is in Victoria;

              (ii)     a natural person whose principal place of residence will be in Victoria while practising as a veterinary practitioner;

        (b)     in the case of an application for specific registration under section 7 or non-practising registration under section 7A, a natural person.

S. 4(1A) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 111 (as amended by No. 48/2010 s. 47).

    (1A)     A veterinary practitioner—

        (a)     who is a registered veterinary practitioner by the operation of section 3A; and

        (b)     whose principal place of residence will be in Victoria after the expiry of the practitioner's current annual registration period for the practitioner's interstate right to practise; and

        (c)     who intends to carry on veterinary practice after expiry of that registration period—

must apply for registration in Victoria before the expiry of that registration period.

S. 4(1B) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 111 (as amended by No. 48/2010 s. 47).

    (1B)     A veterinary practitioner who—

        (a)     is a registered veterinary practitioner by the operation of section 3A ; and

        (b)     is not required to apply for registration under Part 2—

is not required to pay a fee for registration in Victoria.

    (2)     An application must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     contain the prescribed information; and

        (c)     be accompanied by evidence of the qualifications which the applicant claims entitle him or her to the type of registration applied for; and

        (d)     be accompanied by the fee determined by the Board.

    (3)     The Board—

        (a)     may require the applicant to provide further information or material in respect of the application; and

S. 4(3)(b) amended by Nos 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 54), 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 131.1).

        (b)     may require that the information in the application be verified by a statutory declaration; and

        (c)     may require proof of identity of the person making the application.