Veterinary Surgeons and Practitioners (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 1994

Veterinary Surgeons and Practitioners (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 1994 [Certified on 23rd February, 19941 LD.-0. 37/91. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND PRACTI TIONERS ACT, No. 46 OF 1956 BE it enacted b:y the DeJnocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows : 1. This Act may be cr’ted as the Veterinary Surgeons and Short title Practitioners (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 1994. 2. Section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Practitioners o:ms Act, No. 46 of 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the 2 ,,f Act “ principal enactment “) is hereby amended as follows :- :$6 of (1) by the repeal of paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsec tion (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following paragraphs : “ (b) is of good character ; (c) is the holder of, the degree of Bachelor of Veierinnry Science of the University of Ceylon or University of Peradeniya or such other qualification approved by the Council; and (d) is the holder of a certificate issued by. the Council under subsection (4). ” (2) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section ; (3) by the insertion:, immediately after the repeated Salk sect ion (2) 3f that sdior;. 0I’ YQC: fo!!owhg n e w subsections : “ (3) For the purpose only of enabling acquiring of such experience as is required for obtaining from the Council, a certificate under subsection (4) a person shall upon application made in that behalf to the Council, be registered provisionally as a veterinary surgeon for a period of six l-.?onths if he satisfies the requirements specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1). (4) Where any person who is provisionally registered as a veterinary surgeon applies to the Council for a ce:tificate under this subsection, the Council shall, upon being satisfied that the appli cant has been engaged in employment in a capa city relating to Veterinary, Medicine, Veterinary 2-D G28870--5,635 (93109) 3 of the principal enactment. Replacement YOC principal enrctment. Repeal fOZ!!Y principal enactment. Replacement ?%z? principal enactment. 2 Veterinary Surgeons and Practitioners (Amendnwtt) Act, No. 3 of 1994 Surgery and Animal Science and Livestorck Development for the prescribed period in any one or more prescribed Institutions and has rendered satisf.zctory service while so employed, issue a certiiicate to that effect in the prescribed form. (5) Nothing in subsection (1) shtll affect or be deemed to affect, the registration of any person in the register, as a Veterinary practitioner prior to the date on which such subsection comes into force. “. 3. Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section is substituted therefor : ” Application g* 3. Applications for registration as a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner shah be made to the Registrar.“. 4. Section 4 of the principal enacment is hereby repealed and lht+ following section is substituted therefor : 4. No person shall be registered as a veter inary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner unless such person pays the - prescribed fee. “. 5. Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed. 6. Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby repe,?led and the following section substituted therefor : “ provisional registration. 6. (1) The Council shall have the power to delegate its &unctions in relation to pro visional registration to the Registrar. 1 .. (2) Where a person’s name is expunged horn the register and thereafter his name is inserted in the register by a fresh regis trstion, such fresh registration shall not be deemed to be a renewal of the earlier regis tration- The fee for such registration shall be prescribed. “. Veterinary Surgeons and Practitioners (Amendment) 3 t Act, No. 3 of 1994 7. Sections 7 and 8 of the principal enactment are hereby Replacement repealed and the following sections are substituted fmyF therefor : - at the principal 7. Where an application for registration is cnactmenL not accepted by the Council, the fee paid by the applicant shall be refunded to him. 8. The registration of a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner shall be valid fcJr life, I;rovided that his name is not expunged from the register by the Council. “. 8. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby Amendment amended by the repeal of subsections (2) and (3) of that tf iF:tz section and the substitution therefor of the following ~ripcipil subsection : - enactment. “ (2) The register shall be maintained by the Regis / trar for and on behalf of the Council.” ; 1 9 . Erection 10 of the principal enactment is hereby repeal i ed and the following section is substituted therefor : z;;;znt 10 of the ‘I Duty of the a&t-* that principal 10. The Registrar shall register in efiactment. part of the register which is for the regis tra.tion of veterinary surgeons, the names addresses and qualifications of such of the persons who have made applications under section 3 for registration as Veterinary Sur geons and whose applications have bezn ac cepted by the Council. “, 10. Sections 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed. Il. Section 15 of the principal encatment is hereby re pealed and the followmg section is substituted therefor : Ei!%~~tim 15. There shall be cocstituted a Council Veterinary which shall be called the Veterinary Coun Council of ci: of Sri Lanka and which shall consist of ~SriIanka the following members : (u) the Director of the Department of Animal Production and IEealth or his nominee; l-kpt?d of sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the principal crtactwx ti. 4 Veterinary Surgeons and Practitioners (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 1994 (b) eight registered veterinary surgeons elccbed by the registered veterinary accordance with the re .ade under this Act ; a n d (c) the Dean orf the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pera denipa or his nominee. “. 12. Sectiou 17 of ehcl principal enactment is hereby re peaied and the fdlo?%+..*&4-1.~ section is substituted therefor : “md 17. (I) Every elected member of the COLD c4! shail, unless hc vacates office earlier, hold office for four years from date of election or trn”ii1 such d3e as his successor is elected. (2) Every elected member of the Council who vacates office by ef?Iuxion of time shall be eligible for re-election. (3) A member of the Council shall vacate office (ct) if he being the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the Universi ty of Peradeniya, ceases to hold such office ; ( ti) if hc hei3g a member other than C,he Rxsident or the Director of Depart ment of Animal Production and Health, resigns his of&e by writ ing addressed to the President of the Council ; (c) if he being the President of the Cow c;il, resigns his office by kwiting addressed to t-hc IMirkter ; or (cl) if he &kg an elected member, absents himself without leave from t.he COUE rif ) SW three consec~~ti Ye meeiings of the Council. (4) fn the event of the death of, or vacation cc- by, an ekted member of the Council, any other pesscm shall, in accordance with the provisions of section I6 be elected in place of such member and shall hoid offke during the rernainin~ part of the term of ofike of such member. “. Veterinary Surgeons arcd Practitioners (Amend-t) 5 Act, No. 3 of 1994 W. Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby 91”“d”’ ’ gmended as follows :- sdii0n 18 of the (1) by the repeal of the proviso to subsection (1) of that M section ; and enactment (2) by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following SUM section : “ (3) No business shah be transacted at any meeting of the Council unless at least five members of the Council are present. ” ; and (3) in subsection (5) cf that section, by the substitution for the words “election or nomination of any member “, of the words “ election of any member “. 14. Section 19 of the principal enactment is hereby zt!$$ amended by the substitution for the words and figures “by of the section 15 (1) and ” ; of the words and figures “ by section Mm 15 and” EnactmenL 15. Section %1 of the principal enactment is hereby Fegt repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :- of the iiRE? m-m 21. AU fees paid for registration to the enactment. Registrar shrill be credited to the funds of Council and there shall be paid out of such funds, the remuneration of the staf.T of the Council, all expenses incurred by the Coun cil in the exercise of its powers and the discharge of its duties under this Act,, and expenses incurred for any prescribed ppurpose.. “. 16. Section 22 of principal enactment is hereby repealed. $c;.e~tA g of the prindprl enactment 17. The follcwing new section is hereby inserted Insertion cf immediately after section 25 of the principal enactment and gzg$z shall have effect as section 25A of that enactment : - pl-iIlCifl enactment “TheCfmd tomah 25~. The Council shall have the power to naOmmenda- evaluate the courses conducted by the rtartothe Ekriverdtj. University of Peradeniya and to make recommendations to the University from time to time on matters relating to the Beld of Veterinary Education in Sri Lanka. “. 6 Veterinary Surgeons and Prcctitioners (Ame~dment) Act, No. 3 of 1994 Amendment of section 28 of the princim enactment, 1s. Section 28 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : (1) by the substit-I*;~,~~on in subsection (1) of that section fnr the words “ the registering officer or the registrar “, of the words” the Registrar” ; and (2) by the substitution in subs&ion (2) of that section for the wok& ‘. the registering officer or the registrar ” wherelscr those words occur in that subsection, of fhc wxds ‘* the Registrar “. 19. Section 29 of the yrincipd enactment is hereby repealed and the followkg section is substituted therefor : %p1aceme214 ” Insertion of 29. A registereii veterinary surgeon who section 28 additional of the qualifica- obtains any qualification in addition to his principal tion. qualification, specified in the register shall be enactrtlent. entitled to have such qualification added to his qualificxions $n the Register, where such additional qualification is approved by the Council. “. j Amendmurxt of section 32 of the principal enactment. 20. Secti:)r! 32 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in? subsection (2) of that section by the addition, at tile er,d of thz.: su?xection of the following paragraphs : (h) the branding and tatooing of any animal ; (i) the dressing 02 minor wounds of any animal. ” Amendment of section ;M of the Principal enactment. 21. Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “University of Ceylon ” or of the words I‘ University of Ceylon or University of Peradeniya “. Amendment of section 35 of the 22. Sectiix 35 of the principal enactment is her+?by amended as follows : (1 j by :he snbstit:rtion for the words “me registering oRcer or the Kegistrar “, of the words “ The Re,Ir;istrar “, and (2) Ly the omiision of the words “ the renewal of his xgistraiion “. Amendment of section 37 2.:. Se&on 37 of the principal enactment is hereby of the principal amecded by the substitution for tke words “two hundred enactme and tifty ” and “five hundred “, of the words “ five hundred ” and “ one thou-d n respectively. Veterinary Surgeons and P~actiti62ners ~Amenclment) 7 i Act, No. 3 of 1994 : 24. Scetion 40 of the principal enactment is hereby imended by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (2 j of that section. 25. Section 41 of the principal enactment is hereby reperiled and the following section is substituted there ‘far .??? ‘ Interpreta w& 41. In this Act unless the context wis’e requires other “ Director of the Department of Animal Production and Health” means the perscn appointed to be or to act as the Director of Animal koduction and Health ; ” MSster ” mean!: the Minister appointed under Arti& 44 of the ConstituSion to WkOIn :,he subject of Animal Prductiora and Health, has been assiffrled ; “ prescribed ” means prescribed by regula tion made under this Act ; “ President ” mc;-ans the President of the Council ; ‘I Registrar ” meaiw the registrar appointed by the Couxil ; “ registered veterinary practitioner ” means a person registered as a veterinary prpactitioner under this Act ; “ re@stered veterinary surgeon ‘3 means a person registered as veterinary Surgeon under this Act ; ! * (‘ the Council ”L means the Veterinary Council of Sri Lanka constituted under this Act-‘. 26. In the event of any incwsistency between the Si&la and Tamil texts siT this Pact, the Sinhala text shall pW3il. Amendment d section 40 of the H=w enactmwdk Sinhllfa text 4x3 prevail in case of *