Veterinary Services Act 2023
Div 4Registration in participating jurisdictions
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Division 4—Registration in participating jurisdictions 36—Registration to be subject to conditions (1) If, under a corresponding law, a person's registration is or is made subject to a restriction, limitation or condition, the person's registration under this Act is subject to a condition to the same effect. (2) The Board may— (a) on application by the person, waive or modify any such restriction, limitation or condition if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances; or (b) on its own initiative by written notice to the person, modify any such restriction, limitation or condition if it thinks it necessary to do so for the application of the restriction, limitation or condition in this State. (3) The Board may, on its own initiative by written notice to a person with deemed registration, impose conditions on the registration if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances. (4) The Board may, at any time, on its own initiative by written notice to a person with deemed registration or on application by a person with deemed registration, vary or revoke a condition imposed by the Board on the person's registration. (5) The Board may stipulate that a waiver or modification is only to apply on the fulfilment of specified conditions. 37—Suspension or cancellation of registration or disqualification (1) If, under a corresponding law, a person's general or specialist registration or registration in a particular specialty is suspended or cancelled, the registration of the person under this Act is suspended or cancelled on the same terms as apply under the corresponding law. (2) If, under a corresponding law, a person is disqualified from general registration, specialist registration or registration in a corresponding specialty, the person is disqualified from registration under this Act on the same terms as apply to the disqualification under the corresponding law. (3) The Board may, on application by a person whose registration has been suspended or cancelled under a corresponding law or who has, under a corresponding law, been disqualified from registration, waive the suspension, cancellation or disqualification if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances. (4) The Board may stipulate that a waiver is only to apply on the fulfilment of specified conditions. (5) The effect of a waiver is as follows: (a) if suspension of registration under a corresponding law is waived by the Board— (i) in the case of a person with primary registration—the person is taken to be reinstated on the relevant register; or (ii) in the case of a person with deemed registration—Division 3 applies to the registration as if the person's registration under the corresponding law had not been suspended; (b) if cancellation of registration under a corresponding law is waived by the Board— (i) in the case of a person with primary registration—the person is taken to be reinstated on the relevant register; or (ii) in the case of a person with deemed registration—Division 3 applies to the registration as if the person's registration under the corresponding law had not been cancelled; (c) if disqualification from registration under a corresponding law is waived by the Board— (i) in the case of a person who had primary registration—the person is taken not to be disqualified; or (ii) in the case of a person who had deemed registration—Division 3 applies to the registration as if the person's registration under the corresponding law had been reinstated and the person were not disqualified. (6) If, as a consequence of a waiver under this section, a person has deemed registration under this Act but does not have registration under a corresponding law, the person must pay to the Board the prescribed practice fee (being the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 32(2)) and furnish the Board with a return as if the person had primary registration and, if the person fails to do so by the due date, the Board may, by written notice to the person, suspend the person's deemed registration under this Act until the fee is paid or the return furnished (as the case requires).