Veterinary and Para-veterinary Professions Amendment Act | Act 16 of 2012 — South Africa law | Esheria

Veterinary and Para-veterinary Professions Amendment Act

The council may create additional committees, must appoint a council member as each committee’s chairperson, and a committee’s decision to start certain inquiries takes effect unless an appeal is lodged in the prescribed manner.

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Jurisdiction
South Africa
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Act 16 of 2012
Version
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Language
en
Updated
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The council may create additional committees, must appoint a council member as each committee’s chairperson, and a committee’s decision to start certain inquiries takes effect unless an appeal is lodged in the prescribed manner. The council may establish other committees it considers necessary, and it must appoint a council member as each committee’s chairperson. The council must establish an ad hoc appeal committee to hear certain appeals, and the committee must have a legally qualified chairperson and up to two registered persons. First-time registrants to practise a veterinary or para-veterinary profession must do one year of compulsory community service before they may practise; the Minister may set rules, places, interruptions, and exemptions. The board must establish an ad hoc appeals committee to hear certain appeals, and the committee may confirm, change, set aside, remit, or otherwise order outcomes, including costs.