AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

VETERINARY SURGEONS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS (REPEAL)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 13 of 1984

The repeal of the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Regulations is part of the fourth and final stage in the review of the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Ordinance, 1965.  The repeal is in accord with the standard approach in ACT health profession registration legislation.

The substance of the regulations is carried out by the Veterinary Surgeons Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984, in that the fees which were prescribed by regulation are now determined by the Minister for Health by written notice published in the Gazette pursuant to the new Section 42B of the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Ordinance, 1965.  This change is made possible by an amendment in 1982 to the Seat of Government (Administration) Act, 1910, which aimed at reducing the workload of the legislative draftsman.