Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

VETERINARY SURGEONS REGULATION 2015 (NO 39 OF 2015) - REG 5

    (1)     The following are prescribed:

        (a)     the person's date of birth;

        (b)     a recent passport-size photograph of the person's head and shoulders, signed by a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made;

        (c)     a statutory declaration stating that the person's right to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the territory or anywhere else is not suspended and has not been cancelled;

        (d)     evidence of the person's qualifications, including relevant training undertaken;

        (e)     if the person has been refused registration (however described) as a veterinary surgeon, or the person's registration has been cancelled, including under a corresponding law of a local jurisdiction—details of the refusal or cancellation.

Note 1     The Statutory Declarations Act 1959

(Cwlth), s 8 requires a statutory declaration to be made before a prescribed person. The Statutory Declarations Regulations 1993

(Cwlth) prescribes people for that section.

Note 2     Section 8 requires the board to take into account a person's convictions when considering whether the person is competent to practise.

    (2)     If the person is currently registered (however described) in a local jurisdiction or outside Australia, the following are prescribed:

        (a)     the original, or a certified copy, of the person's current registration certificate (however described);

        (b)     if required by the board—a statutory declaration to the effect that the person has asked the regulatory authority responsible for the registration of the veterinary surgeon in the place where the person is registered for a certificate of standing about the person to be given to the board.

    (3)     Also, the person must personally provide to the board 100 points of evidence of identity as prescribed under the Financial Transaction Reports Regulations 1990

(Cwlth) for general verification.

Example

presentation of a combination of a passport or citizenship certificate or photographic licence (such as a drivers licence), with a social security card, employment ID, a letter from an employer, credit or debit card or Medicare card

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).

    (4)     However, if the person is currently registered (however described) in a local jurisdiction, subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to the person if the person consents, in writing, to the release of information about the person's registration to the board.

    (5)     In this section:

"certificate of standing" about a person, given by a regulatory authority of a place, means a certificate stating—

        (a)     that the person is registered in the place; and

Note     Register , a person, includes renew the person's registration (see Act

, dict).

        (b)     whether any condition or restriction applies to the person's registration; and

        (c)     if a condition or restriction applies to the registration—the condition or restriction; and

        (d)     whether any disciplinary action has been taken in relation to the person.

"regulatory authority "means an authority established under a corresponding law of a local jurisdiction or a place outside Australia to regulate the conduct of veterinary surgeons in the jurisdiction or place.

Note     A local jurisdiction is a State or New Zealand (see dict).