Western Australian Current Regulations

VETERINARY PRACTICE REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 19

19 .         Cancellation or suspension of authorisation

        (1)         The Board may, if it considers there are reasonable grounds for doing so, cancel or suspend a person’s authorisation under this Division.

        (2)         The Board must cancel a person’s authorisation under this Division as soon as possible after the Board becomes aware that any information provided to the Board in, or in connection with, the person’s application for authorisation was false or misleading in a material particular.

        (3)         The Board must cancel a person’s authorisation under this Division at the written request of the person.

        (4)         The Board must give a person written notice of a decision under this regulation to cancel or suspend the person’s authorisation as soon as practicable after making the decision.

        (5)         A decision under this regulation to cancel or suspend a person’s authorisation takes effect on the later of the following —

            (a)         the day on which notice of the decision is given to the person under subregulation (4);

            (b)         the day (if any) specified in the notice.

        (6)         The Board may, by written notice given to a person whose authorisation under this Division is suspended, revoke the suspension of the authorisation if the Board is satisfied that the grounds for suspension of the authorisation no longer exist.

        (7)         If an authorisation under this Division is suspended, the authorisation is of no effect during the period of suspension.