Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 19 of 1982)20A. Compulsory community service |
(1) | From the date of commencement of section 3 of the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Amendment Act, 2012, any person registering for the first time to practise a veterinary profession or para-veterinary profession in terms of this Act, shall perform in the prescribed manner compulsory community service in that veterinary profession or para-veterinary profession for a period of one year and shall, upon completion of such service, be entitled to practise the profession for which he or she is registered. |
(2) | The Minister, may after consultation with the council, prescribe the performance of compulsory community service contemplated in subsection (1), including but not limited to— |
(a) | the registration of persons for compulsory community service; |
(b) | the conditions of employment pertaining to persons who perform such service; |
(c) | the places at which compulsory community service is to be performed; and |
(d) | the conditions subject to which the service may be interrupted. |
(3) | The Minister may, after consultation with the council, prescribe the circumstances under which a person contemplated in subsection (1) may be exempted from performance of the compulsory community service. |
[Section 20A inserted by section 3 of Act No. 16 of 2012]