44Further considerations in relation to use licence applications

44 Further considerations in relation to use licence applications

(1) Without limiting section 43(2)(a), in considering whether an applicant for a use licence is a fit and proper person to hold a use licence, the Secretary may have regard to—

(a) information about the applicant given to the Secretary by a relevant practitioner registration board under section 45; and

(b) the qualifications (if any) of the applicant and the relevance of those qualifications to the proposed use described in the application.

S. 44(2) substituted by No. 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 42.1).

(2) In this section—

S. 44(2) def. of relevant practitioner registration board amended by No. 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 45.1), substituted by No. 27/2012 s. 23.

relevant practitioner registration board means, in relation to an applicant for a use licence who is or was—

(a) registered to practise a health profession other than as a student by a National Board under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—the National Board that registered that person;

(b) a registered veterinary practitioner within the meaning of the Veterinary Practice Act 1997—the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria established under Part 6 of that Act.