44Consideration without complaint or appropriate

44 Consideration without complaint or appropriate complaint (1) The board may, on its own initiative, consider in relation to a veterinary practitioner— (a) an act or service by the practitioner that appears to the board to be an act or service about which a person could make, but has not made, a complaint under this Act; or (b) any other matter related to the registration of the veterinary practitioner.

(2) A board-initiated consideration must, as far as practicable, be conducted as if it were a consideration of a complaint.