19Decision on application

19 Decision on application (1) On application by a person under section 16, the board must— (a) register the person; or (b) refuse to register the person. (2) The board is taken to have refused to register the person if the board fails to decide the application within 40 days after the day the board— (a) received the application; or (b) received the information requested under section 18. (3) The board must only register the person if— (a) the board is satisfied— (i) if the person is applying for registration other than as a non- practising veterinary practitioner—the person is covered by the insurance required by regulation; and (ii) the person is qualified to hold the registration of the kind applied for; and (b) the person is a suitable person to be registered as a veterinary (c) the person satisfies any other prescribed requirement for registration as a veterinary practitioner. Note 1 A person may apply for general registration, specialist registration or registration as a non-practising veterinary practitioner—see s 16. Note 2 For qualifications to hold a registration—see div 3.2. Note 3 For suitability requirements to hold a registration—see div 3.3.

(4) The board may refuse to register the person if the person’s registration as a veterinary practitioner has been suspended or cancelled in another jurisdiction, whether before or after the person applies for registration in the ACT. (5) The board must, within 7 days after the day it decides the (b) if it registers the person—enter the registration details for the person in the register and give the person a registration (6) In this section: registration details, for a person—see section 124 (2).