Australian Capital Territory
Veterinary Surgeons (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2016
Subordinate Law SL2016-13

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 2015.
Dated 10 June 2016.
Meegan Fitzharris
Minister
Mick Gentleman
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Veterinary Surgeons (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2016
Subordinate Law SL2016-13
made under the
Veterinary Surgeons Act 2015

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Modification of Act, pt 20—Act, s 207	1
	4	Expiry—regulation	2

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Veterinary Surgeons (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2016.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Modification of Act, pt 20—Act, s 207
The Act, part 20 applies as if the following section were inserted:
‘205A	Grounds for occupational discipline
	(1)	This section applies to a veterinary surgeon who was a veterinary surgeon under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement day.
	(2)	Each of the following is taken to be a ground for occupational discipline under section 59 (Grounds for occupational discipline), in relation to the veterinary surgeon:
	(a)	the veterinary surgeon contravened, before the commencement day, a standard of practice that applied to the veterinary surgeon under the repealed Act;
	(b)	the veterinary surgeon, before the commencement day, put public safety at risk;
	(c)	the veterinary surgeon, before the commencement day, did not satisfy the suitability to practise requirements for a veterinary surgeon under the repealed Act.
	(3)	This section expires on the day the Veterinary Surgeons (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2016 expires.’
4	Expiry—regulation
This regulation expires on the day the Act, part 20 expires.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 14 June 2016.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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