(1)
| (a) |
A person desiring registration in terms of this Act— |
| (i) |
on account of his or her enrolment as a student; or |
shall apply to the council therefor in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed time, and such application shall be accompanied by the application fee prescribed for the kind of registration required, as well as such documents as may be prescribed.
| (b) |
The council may direct an applicant to submit such further documentary evidence regarding identity, good character, education and experience as it may require in order to consider such application. |
| (2) |
If the council, after consideration of an application in terms of subsection (1) and after such investigation and inquiry as it may deem necessary, is satisfied that the applicant concerned may be registered in terms of this Act, it shall approve such application, and the registrar shall thereupon register the applicant by— |
| (a) |
issuing an appropriate certificate of registration to him; and |
| (b) |
entering the prescribed particulars in respect of him or her in the appropriate register. |
(3)
| (a) |
The said registration of any person is subject to the provisions of this Act and such further conditions as the council may in each case determine. |
| (i) |
relate to the kind of work which a person who is registered in terms of this Act may perform; |
| (ii) |
include requirements which have to be complied with in the practice of the profession concerned. |
| (4) |
If the council refuses to approve an application, the applicant concerned shall be notified in writing of such decision and of the grounds on which it is based. |
| (5) |
Except if the council directs otherwise in a particular case, a person shall not be registered in terms of this Act to practise more than one para-veterinary profession simultaneously or, in the case of a veterinary specialist, with more than one speciality. |
[Section 25(5) substituted by section 8 of Act No. 19 of 1989]
| (a) |
If a person is registered by virtue of a degree, diploma or certificate which is accepted in terms of section 20(5), and such person is resident in the Republic but is not a South African citizen, his or her registration shall lapse seven years, or such further period as the council may in a particular case determine, after the date on which a certificate of registration was issued to him or her in terms of subsection (2), unless he or she becomes a South African citizen or has attained permanent residence status in terms of section 26 or 27 of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002), before the date on which his or her registration is so to lapse. |
| (b) |
A person whose registration has lapsed as contemplated in paragraph (a), shall not again be registered in terms of this Act before he or she is a South African citizen or has attained permanent residence status in terms of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002). |
[Section 25(6) substituted by section 6 of Act No. 16 of 2012]
(7)
| (a) |
Any person registered as a veterinarian or a veterinary nurse in terms of the Veterinary Act, 1933 (Act No. 16 of 1933), on the date of commencement of this section, shall be deemed to be registered in terms of this Act to practise the veterinary profession of veterinarian or the para-veterinary profession of veterinary nurse, respectively. |
| (b) |
Such continued registration shall be subject to— |
| (i) |
compliance with the conditions (if any) imposed by the Veterinary Board referred to in the Veterinary Act, 1933, in terms of section 13A (2) of that Act; and |
| (ii) |
payment to the council of an amount of R50 within 90 days of the date of commencement of this section. |
| (8) |
A person who is registered or deemed to be registered in terms of this Act to practise a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession shall, in the practice of his or her profession, only state particulars of those degrees, diplomas or certificates entered opposite his or her name in the appropriate register. |
Witness Protection Act, 1998
