Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

16 Removal of names from register for crime or disgraceful conduct. U.K.

(1) If—

(a) a person registered in the register is convicted in the United Kingdom or elsewhere of a criminal offence which, in the opinion of the disciplinary committee, renders him unfit to practise veterinary surgery; or

(b) any such person is judged by the disciplinary committee to have been guilty of disgraceful conduct in any professional respect; or

(c) the disciplinary committee is satisfied that the name of any such person has been fraudulently entered in the [F1 register; or

(d) a person registered in the register otherwise than under Schedule 1B misconducts himself in a professional respect, and as a result—

(i) ceases, in any relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, to be registered or recognised as a veterinary surgeon; or

(ii) is prohibited, in any relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, from practising (whether on a permanent or temporary basis) as a veterinary surgeon,]

the committee may, if they think fit, direct that his name shall be removed from the register or (except in a case falling within paragraph (c) of this subsection) that his registration therein shall be suspended, that is to say, it shall not have effect during a period specified in the direction.

(2) Where the disciplinary committee direct that a person’s name shall be removed from the register or that his registration shall be suspended under this section, the registrar shall serve a notice of the direction on him.

(3) This section shall apply in relation to the supplementary veterinary register and persons registered in that register as it applies in relation to the register of veterinary surgeons and registered veterinary surgeons.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 16(1)(d) and words substituted for word in s. 16(1)(c) (6.8.2008) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1824), reg. 1, Sch. para. 14 (with reg. 4)