Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) A standards statement is a statement designed to raise awareness of the standard of practice required from a veterinary surgeon for the veterinary surgeon to be competent to practise, or to help the veterinary surgeon improve his or her suitability to practise.
(2) The board may develop standards to make up the required standard of practice for veterinary surgeons.
Example—standard
a code of professional conduct
Note An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act
, s 126 and s 132).
(3) The board may approve standards developed by the board or another entity.
(4) However, the board must not approve standards that are inconsistent with standards approved by a professional body representing veterinary surgeons unless satisfied that the inconsistent standard is necessary to protect the public.
(5) If the board approves a standards statement developed by another entity, it may approve the standard as in force from time to time.
Note 1 The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act
, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).
Note 2 A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act
.
Note 3 See s 115 (5) in relation to the application of the Legislation Act
, s 47.
(6) An approval is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act
.