Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

VETERINARY SURGEONS REGULATION 2015 (NO 39 OF 2015)

- made under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulation  
   2.       Commencement  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  

   PART 2--REGISTRATION OF VETERINARY SURGEONS

   5.      Application for registration—Act, s 13 (2) (e)  
   6.      General area of operation  
   7.      Suitability to practise requirements  
   8.      General competence to practise  
   9.      Qualifications  
   10.     Specialist areas and suitability to practise requirements  

   PART 3--MAINTAINING COMPETENCE AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

   11.     Obligation to maintain competence and continue professional  
   12.     Programs for maintenance of competence  
   13.     Standards for maintenance of competence  
   14.     Use of information about continuing competence etc  

   PART 4--REQUIRED STANDARD OF PRACTICE

           Division 4.1--General

   15.     Purpose—pt 4  
   16.     Standards and standards statements  
   17.     Pattern of practice or particular acts  
   18.     Endangering public  
   19.     Lack of competence to practise etc  

           Division 4.2--Specific breaches of the required standard of practice

   20.     Purpose—div 4.2  
   21.     Breach of standards statements  
   22.     Telling board about proceedings relating to veterinary surgeon  
   23.     Biosecurity, infection control and notifiable diseases  
   24.     Substances that affect veterinary surgeon's abilities  
   25.     Reporting other veterinary surgeons  
   26.     Clinical records  
   27.     Misrepresenting facts in certificates  
   28.     Treatment by assistants  
   29.     Misleading advertising  
   30.     Practising under allowed name  
   31.     Behaviour that contravenes another law  
   32.     Maintenance and demonstration of professional development continued competence and recency  

   PART 5--ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS

           Division 5.1--General

   33.     Definitions—pt 5  
   34.     Dates for elections  
   35.     List of veterinary surgeons  
   36.     Registered veterinary surgeons to be notified of dates  
   37.     Eligibility for nominations etc  
   38.     Nominations  
   39.     Hour of nomination  
   40.     Withdrawal of nomination  
   41.     Application of Electoral Act 1992, s 110  
   42.     Declaration of candidates  
   43.     If no more candidates than positions  
   44.     If no candidates  
   45.     If more candidates than positions  
   46.     Eligibility to vote  
   47.     Number of votes  
   48.     Position on ballot paper  
   49.     Distribution of ballot papers  
   50.     Manner of voting  
   51.     Replacement of ballot papers  
   52.     After voting  
   53.     Scrutiny  
   54.     Appointment of scrutineers  
   55.     Conduct of scrutineers  
   56.     Candidates not to participate in conduct of election  
   57.     Declaration etc of results  
   58.     Term of elected board members  
   59.     Destruction of election material  
   60.     Scrutiny centres  
   61.     Approved forms for elections  

           Division 5.2--Casual and temporary vacancies in elected positions

   62.     Definitions—div 5.2  
   63.     Notice of casual vacancy  
   64.     Publication of notice about casual vacancy  
   65.     Candidates for casual vacancy  
   66.     Publication of candidate's details  
   67.     Determination of candidates to fill vacancy  
   68.     Board nominees  
   69.     Term of board member declared elected under div 5.2  
   70.     Temporary vacancies  

           Division 5.3--Disputed elections

   71.     Definitions—div 5.3  
   72.     Court of Disputed Elections  
   73.     Powers of the court  
   74.     Court's decisions are final  
   75.     Validity may be disputed after election  
   76.     People entitled to dispute elections  
   77.     Form of disputed election application  
   78.     Time for filing disputed election application  
   79.     Registrar to serve copies of disputed election application  
   80.     Parties to disputed election application  
   81.     Withdrawal of disputed election application  
   82.     Hearing and decision on leave application  
   83.     Person ceasing to be respondent to disputed election application  
   84.     End of disputed election application  
   85.     Hearing disputed election applications  
   86.     Declarations and orders of court  
   87.     Illegal election practices  
   88.     Bribery or undue influence by person elected  
   89.     Immaterial delays and errors in relation to elections  
   90.     Inquiries by court  
   91.     Rejected ballot papers  
   92.     Evidence that people were not allowed to vote  
   93.     Inspection of electoral papers  
   94.     Commissioner not prevented from accessing documents  
   95.     Registrar to serve copies of court declarations on certain people  
   96.     Effect of court declarations  
   97.     Court procedure  
   98.     Legal representation limited in court proceeding  
   99.     Costs may be ordered against Territory  

   PART 6--BOARD MEMBERSHIP

   100.    Eligibility to remain in office—board members  

   PART 7--BOARD MEETINGS

   101.    When are board meetings held  
   102.    Board meetings usually in public  
   103.    Ministerial referrals to board  
   104.    Presence at board meetings  
   105.    Presiding member at board meetings  
   106.    Board quorum  
   107.    Voting at meetings  
   108.    Records of board meetings  
   109.    Board meeting procedures  

   PART 8--BOARD FUNCTIONS

   110.    Board to seek to form ties  
   111.    Performance of board on standards  
   112.    Performance of board on applications and reports  
   113.    Community representative list  

   PART 9--MISCELLANEOUS

   114.    Inspection of incorporated documents  
   115.    Notification of certain incorporated documents  
           DICTIONARY
           ENDNOTES