4Constitution of Veterinary Board of Tasmania

4 Constitution of Veterinary Board of Tasmania

(1)  The Veterinary Board constituted under the repealed Act is abolished and there is constituted by this Act a Board to be known as the Veterinary Board of Tasmania.

(2)  The Board –

(a) is a body corporate, with perpetual succession;

(b) shall have a seal;

(c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name;

(d) may do and be subject to all other things that corporations may do and be subject to and that are necessary for or incidental to the purpose for which it was constituted; and

(e) has the functions imposed, and the powers conferred, on it by or under this or any other Act.

(3)  All courts, judges, and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Board affixed to a document and, unless the contrary is established, shall presume that it was duly affixed.

(4)  *[Section 4 Subsection (4) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*The Board shall consist of 5 persons appointed by the Minister by instrument in writing of whom –

(a) [Section 4 Subsection (4) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:12 Dec 2012] one shall be an officer of the Department who is registered as a veterinary surgeon under Part IV and who is nominated by the Secretary of the Department;

(b) [Section 4 Subsection (4) amended by No. 43 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:09 Dec 2015] 4 are to be appointed from a panel of 7 persons nominated by a selection committee appointed by the Minister.

(c) [Section 4 Subsection (4) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:12 Dec 2012] [Section 4 Subsection (4) amended by No. 43 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:09 Dec 2015] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(4A)  The selection committee referred to in is to be made up of –