6General registration

6 General registration

(1) The Board must grant general registration as a veterinary practitioner to an applicant if—

(a) the applicant is qualified for registration under section 5; and

S. 6(1)(ab) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 112(1).

(ab) the Board is satisfied that the applicant's principal place of residence is in Victoria or will be in Victoria while the applicant practises as a veterinary practitioner; and

(b) there are no grounds under subsection (2) under which the Board may refuse to grant registration to the applicant; and

(c) the circumstances are such that section 7 does not apply; and

(d) the applicant has paid the fee determined by the Board under section 4(2)(d).

S. 6(1A) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 112(2).

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1)(ab), the Board must have regard to—

(a) whether the applicant's residence in Victoria is the applicant's sole residence; and

(b) every place of residence of the applicant in Australia.

S. 6(1B) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 112(2).

(1B) Without limiting this Part, the Board must refuse to grant registration as a veterinary practitioner to an applicant if it is satisfied that—

(a) the applicant has applied for and been refused an interstate right to practise; and

(b) the basis on which the applicant was refused that right has not changed as at the time of the applicant's application under this Act.

S. 6(1C) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 112(2).

(1C) Without limiting this Part, the Board must also refuse to grant general registration to an applicant who, under a law of another State or a Territory, has been disqualified from applying, or is not entitled to apply, for a right to carry on or engage in veterinary practice in that State or Territory, being the equivalent of registration as a veterinary practitioner under this Act.

(2) The Board may refuse to grant registration to an applicant on any one or more of the following grounds—

(a) that the character of the applicant is such that it would not be in the public interest to allow the applicant to practise as a registered veterinary practitioner;

S. 6(2)(b) amended by No. 43/2010 s. 49(2) (as amended by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 86.3)).

(b) that the applicant is unfit to practise as a registered veterinary practitioner because he or she has a severe substance dependence;

(c) that the applicant has been found guilty of an indictable offence in Victoria or an equivalent offence in another jurisdiction within a period of 10 years preceding the application;