AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH

VETERINARY SURGEONS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 24 of 1982

The Minister for Health has made regulations under the Veterinary Surgeons Registration Ordinance 1965.

The Ordinance previously stated that a person was entitled to apply for registration as a veterinary surgeon if, amongst other things, he accompanied his application for registration by payment of a fee of $2.  The Ordinance also provided for an annual registration fee of $2 together with an additional fee of $2 for late applications for annual renewal of registration.  The Ordinance has been amended and now requires that fees for registration and other matters be prescribed in regulations.  Regulations have therefore been made to prescribe these fees which amongst other things increase the initial registration and annual registration fees.

The new fees are as follow:–

Sub-section 12(2)	fee for registration as a veterinary surgeon	$30	
			
Sub-section 17(1)	annual registration fee payable on or before 1 July each year	$20	
			
Sub-section 17B(1)	fee for provisional registration which may be granted pending full registration	$ 5	
			
Sub-section 17C(2)	fee for temporary registration as a locum tenens	$20	
			
Sub-section 17C(3)	fee for renewal of temporary registration	$20	
			
Sub-section 17D(2)	fee for special registration for research or educational purposes	$50	
			
Sub-section 17D(3)	fee for renewal of special registration	$50	
			
Sub-section 19(3)	fee for alteration of the Register at the request of a person	$ 5	
			
Section 27B	fee for the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration	$10	
			
Sub-section 42(1)	fee for inspection of an entry in the Register	$ 1	
			
Sub-section 42(2)	fee for a certified copy of an entry in the Register	$ 2