Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936
sec.29CRegistrar must give emergency contact details to chief executive
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sec.29C Registrar must give emergency contact details to chief executive
This section applies if the chief executive, or a chief executive of a public sector unit prescribed under a regulation (a prescribed chief executive ), considers it is necessary to contact a veterinary surgeon to give the veterinary surgeon information about controlling, eradicating or preventing the spread of— prohibited matter or restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; or See the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedule 1 or schedule 2 . See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedules 1 and 2 . biosecurity matter the subject of a biosecurity emergency order under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; or controlled biosecurity matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 . The chief executive or a prescribed chief executive may ask the registrar to give the chief executive or prescribed chief executive the emergency contact details for the veterinary surgeon. The registrar must comply with the request. The chief executive or prescribed chief executive may only use the emergency contact details for a veterinary surgeon for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) . In this section— veterinary surgeon does not include a veterinary practitioner. s 29C ins 2013 No. 41 s 93 amd 2014 No. 7 s 578 s ch 4 pt 2 (sec.29C-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive, or a chief executive of a public sector unit prescribed under a regulation (a prescribed chief executive ), considers it is necessary to contact a veterinary surgeon to give the veterinary surgeon information about controlling, eradicating or preventing the spread of— prohibited matter or restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; or See the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedule 1 or schedule 2 . See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedules 1 and 2 . biosecurity matter the subject of a biosecurity emergency order under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; or controlled biosecurity matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 . (sec.29C-ssec.2) The chief executive or a prescribed chief executive may ask the registrar to give the chief executive or prescribed chief executive the emergency contact details for the veterinary surgeon. (sec.29C-ssec.3) The registrar must comply with the request. (sec.29C-ssec.4) The chief executive or prescribed chief executive may only use the emergency contact details for a veterinary surgeon for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.29C-ssec.5) In this section— veterinary surgeon does not include a veterinary practitioner.
- (a) prohibited matter or restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; or Notes— 1 See the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedule 1 or schedule 2 . 2 See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedules 1 and 2 .
- 1 See the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedule 1 or schedule 2 .
- 2 See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedules 1 and 2 .