19Provisional registration

19 Provisional registration

(1)  The Board may provisionally register a person as a veterinary surgeon –

(a) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:12 Dec 2012] [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:12 Dec 2012] if it is satisfied that the person has completed a course referred to in section 5A(3) and such examinations as the Board may determine but has not yet been admitted to a qualification approved under section 5A or been granted a certificate of completion of such courses or examinations;

(b) if it is satisfied that if the person had been so admitted or had been granted such a certificate he would be entitled to be registered as a veterinary surgeon; and

(c) upon the payment of the relevant fee.

(2)  Where the Board has provisionally registered a person under subsection (1) , that provisional registration continues in operation until –

(a) [Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:12 Dec 2012] [Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:12 Dec 2012] 6 months after the next meeting of the university or institution at which a qualification approved under section 5A may be awarded to the person; or

(b) [Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:12 Dec 2012] that person becomes registered as a veterinary surgeon under this Part –

whichever occurs first.

(3)  Notwithstanding subsection (2) , the Board may, at any time and without affecting the subsequent right of a person to apply for registration as a veterinary surgeon, cancel the provisional registration of that person.

(4)  Where a person who is provisionally registered under this section becomes registered as a veterinary surgeon under this Part, the amount of the fee paid by him in respect of provisional registration shall be deducted from the relevant fee to be paid by him in respect of full registration for the first year of that full registration.