(1) The Board, on an
application under regulation 11(1), may grant authorisation to carry out
1 or more of the acts of veterinary medicine specified in Schedule 6 if
the Board is satisfied that the applicant is competent to carry out the
relevant act or acts of veterinary medicine.
(1A) The Board may
refuse to grant authorisation if the applicant does not comply with a
requirement under regulation 13(1).
(1B)
Subregulation (1A) does not limit the grounds on which the Board can
refuse to grant authorisation.
(2) An authorisation
under this Division must —
(a) be
in writing; and
(b)
specify each act of veterinary medicine the person is authorised to carry out
under the authorisation; and
(ba)
specify the nature and extent of the supervision to which the authorised
person is to be subject when carrying out each act of veterinary medicine that
is authorised; and
(c)
specify the conditions (if any) to which the authorisation is subject under
regulation 17(1).
(3) If an act of
veterinary medicine authorised under this Division involves the administration
or possession of a poison, the authorisation must require the applicant, in
carrying out the act, to comply with any applicable requirements of the
Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 .
(4) If the Board
refuses an application under regulation 11(1), the Board must refund the
application fee that accompanied it.
[Regulation 14 amended: SL 2025/92
r. 13.]