Australian Capital Territory
Veterinary Surgeons (Fees) Determination 2017 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2017–64
made under the
Veterinary Surgeons Act 2015, section 136 (Determination of fees by board)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Veterinary Surgeons (Fees) Determination 2017 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences the day after it is notified.
3	Determination of fees
The fee payable in respect of each matter listed in column 3 of schedule 1 is the amount listed in column 5. 
4	Payment of fees
A fee listed in schedule 1 is payable to the ACT Veterinary Surgeons Board by the person requesting the service. 
5	Categories of Veterinary Premises
Fees for veterinary premises are listed at Part 6 of schedule 1.  The categories of veterinary premises are listed in schedule 2.
6	Revocation
This instrument revokes the Veterinary Surgeons (Fees) Determination 2016 (No 1) [DI2016–39].

Dr Steven Roberts
Deputy President
ACT Veterinary Surgeons Board

25 May 2017

column 1
item	column 2
relevant section of Act or regulation for which the fee is payable	column 3
description of matter for which fee is payable	column 4
fee payable for the 2016-2017 registration year (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017)	column 5
fee payable for the 2017-2018 registration year (1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018)	
Part 1	Registration of veterinary surgeons	
1.1	Act, s 13	Application Fee 	N/A	$70.00	
1.2	Act, s 13	Initial registration (lodged between 1 July and 30 September 2017) ending 30 June 2018	$408.00	$416.00	
1.3	Act, s 13	Initial registration (lodged between 1 October and 31 December 2017) ending 30 June 2018	$360.00	$367.00	
1.4	Act, s 13	Initial registration (lodged between 1 January and 31 March 2018) ending 30 June 2018	$326.00	$332.00	
1.5	Act, s 13	Initial registration (lodged between 1 April and
30 June 2018) ending 30 June 2018	$276.00	$281.00	
1.6	Act, s 18	Short-term initial registration (maximum three months from approval date)	$276.00	$281.00	
1.7	Act, s 13	Mutual recognition registration (lodged between
1 July and 30 September 2017) ending 30 June 2018	$338.00	$345.00	
1.8	Act, s 13	Mutual recognition registration (lodged between 
1 October and 31 December 2017) ending 30 June 2018	$291.00	$297.00	
1.9	Act, s 13	Mutual recognition registration (lodged between 
1 January and 31 March 2018) ending 30 June 2018	$253.00	$258.00	
1.10	Act, s 13	Mutual recognition registration (lodged between
1 April and 30 June 2018) ending 30 June 2018	$203.00	$207.00	
1.11	Act, s 18	Short-term mutual registration (maximum three months from approval date)	$203.00	$207.00	
1.12	Act, s 13	Event registration (maximum 20 days in any 12 month period)	$50.00	$51.00	
Part 2		Registration renewal of veterinary surgeons	
2.1	Act, s 13	Renewal of registration 
(lodged on or before 30 June 2017)	$340.00	$347.00	
2.2	Act, s 31	Renewal of registration 
(lodged between 1 July and 14 July 2017)	$424.00	$432.00	
2.3	Act, s 32	Renewal of registration lodged after 14 July 2017 (non-retrospective – from date of application)	$442.00	$451.00	
2.4	Act, s 32	Renewal of registration lodged after 14 July 2017 (retrospective – from 1 July 2017)	$528.00	$538.00	
2.5	Act, s 13	Non-practising registration renewal	$50.00	$51.00	
Part 3		Registration of veterinary specialists	
3.1	Act, s 13	Application Fee	N/A	$70.00	
3.2	Act, s 13	Specialist initial registration (lodged between 1 July and 30 September 2017) ending 30 June 2018	$703.00	$717.00	
3.3	Act, s 13	Specialist initial registration (lodged between 1 October and 31 December 2017) ending 30 June 2018	N/A	$645.00	
3.4	Act, s 13	Specialist initial registration (lodged between 1 January and 31 March 2018) ending 30 June 2018	N/A	$580.00	
3.5	Act, s 13	Specialist initial registration (lodged between 1 April and 30 June 2018) ending 30 June 2018	N/A	$522.00	
3.6	Act, s 13	Specialist mutual registration (lodged between 1 July and 30 September 2017) ending 30 June 2018	$573.00	$584.00	
3.7	Act, s 13	Specialist mutual registration (lodged between 1 October and 31 December 2017) ending 30 June 2018	N/A	$525.00	
3.8	Act, s 13	Specialist mutual registration (lodged between 1 January and 31 March 2018) ending 30 June 2018	N/A	$472.00	
3.9	Act, s 13	Specialist mutual registration (lodged between 1 April and 30 June 2018) ending 30 June 2018	N/A	$424.00	
Part 4		Registration renewal of veterinary specialists			
4.1	Act, s 13	Specialist renewal of registration (lodged on or before 30 June 2017)	$552.00	$563.00	
4.2	Act, s 13	Specialist renewal of registration (lodged between
2 July and 14 July 2017)	$636.00	$649.00	
4.3	Act, s 13	Specialist renewal of registration (lodged after 
14 July 2017- non-retrospective - from date of application)	$653.00	$666.00	
4.4	Act, s 13	Specialist renewal of registration (lodged after
14 July 2017- retrospective - from 1 July 2017)	$740.00	$755.00	
			
Part 5		Out-of-session fees			
5.1	Act, s 13	Surcharge for out-of-session registration	$105.00	$107.00	
Part 6		Assessment of veterinary premises for compliance with the standards statement	
6.1	Reg, s 16	Initial application to assess a veterinary premises (Schedule 2 categories 1 and 5)	$250.00	$255.00	
6.2	Reg, s 16	Initial application to assess a veterinary premises (Schedule 2 categories 2 and 3)	$450.00	$459.00	
6.3	Reg, s 16	Annual registration fee (Schedule 2 categories 1 and 5)	$100.00	$102.00	
6.4	Reg, s 16	Annual registration fee (Schedule 2 categories 2 and 3)	$200.00	$204.00	
6.5	Reg, s 16	Inspection/re-inspection of a veterinary premises for compliance with the standards statement (Schedule 2 all categories)	$200.00 per hour
capped at $450.00 per inspection	$204.00 per 
hour
capped at
$459.00 per inspection	
					
Part 7		Miscellaneous fees			
7.1	Act, s 37	Extract from register	$44.00	$45.00	
7.2	Act, s 37	Provision of all registered veterinary surgeons details from register	$500.00	$510.00	
7.3	Act, s 26	Provision of replacement certificate of registration	$56.00	$57.00	
7.4	Reg, s 14	Letter of professional standing (per request)	$46.00	$47.00	

Schedule 2 – Category of Premises

Category of Premises	Description of veterinary services offered at premises	
1	Veterinary consulting rooms where examinations, diagnostic, prophylactic and medical services are provided and limited to consulting only (no surgical procedures other than minor surgery, no procedures requiring general anaesthesia, no hospitalisation of animals or holding of animals overnight).	
2	Veterinary clinics where examinations, diagnostic, prophylactic, medical and surgical services are provided, including surgical procedures under general anaesthesia.  Inpatient facilities are provided.	
3	Veterinary centres and hospitals where professional consulting services include intensive care of medical and surgical patients, examination, diagnostic, prophylactic, radiology, medical and surgical services.
Veterinary centres and hospitals must have at least two veterinary surgeons practising at the premises and a minimum of two examination/consultation areas.	
4	Veterinary House Call practices offer house call veterinary services only in conjunction with the other types of practice listed above.  Anaesthetic is only administered in emergencies.  Anaesthesia should be referred if at all possible but may be used with due regard to animal welfare.	
5	Mobile veterinary clinics where clinical veterinary services, including some surgical services, are offered in a vehicle or moveable trailer modified to function as a veterinary facility (no spinal or orthopaedic procedures, no surgical procedures that might require intensive monitoring or overnight hospitalisation).