S.I. No. 68/1954 - Veterinary Surgeons Order, 1954. Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the
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is in force, it appears to the Council that the courses of study and examinations leading to the degree to which the order relates are no longer such as to justify the continuance in force of the order, the Council may give notice to the university concerned that it appears to the Council as aforesaid, together with such particulars as may be requisite to enable the university to formulate their observations thereon or objections thereto.
(2)The Council shall consider any such observations or objections made by the university concerned within such time, not less than one month from the giving of the said notice, as the Council may determine, and they may if they think fit recommend to the Privy Council that the Privy Council should by order direct the revocation or suspension of the
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(3)A copy of the said notice and of any observations thereon or objections thereto by the university concerned shall be sent to the Minister for Agriculture of Ireland as soon as may be after the expiration of one month from the giving of the notice. 5.—
(1)In addition to the members of the Council of the College specified in sections 9 and 12 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1948 (11 and 12 Geo. 6. c.52), there shall be such additional members (hereinafter referred to as the Irish representatives) of the Council as are provided for in this Article.
(2)The Irish representatives shall consist of— (
- a)one member appointed by the Minister for Agriculture of Ireland ; (
- b)one member appointed by each university in Ireland granting a degree in the case of which an
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- a)Each of the appointed members shall be appointed to hold office for a period of four years and shall be eligible for re-appointment. (
- b)The appointing authority may remove an appointed member from office if, in the opinion of the authority, he is unable to perform his duties or if he has been adjudged bankrupt or sequestration of his estate has been awarded or if he has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or if, in the opinion of the appointing authority, he is otherwise unsuited to continue to discharge his duties. (
- c)Where an appointed member ceases to hold office otherwise than by effluxion of time, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment, by the same authority, of a member to fill his place for the remainder of the period for which he had been appointed.
(4)(
- a)The elected members shall be elected in accordance with such provisions as may be made under the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1952 . They shall be persons who are for the time being registered in the General Register and members of the Irish Council. Subject to paragraph (b), the term of office of an elected member shall be four years. A retiring elected member shall be eligible for re-election. (
- b)The term of office of the member who, at the first election, receives the fewer votes shall be two years. In the event of the voting being equal, the member whose name has been the shorter time on the Irish Register shall be deemed to have received the fewer votes. (
- c)An elected member shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be a member of the Irish Council or if he ceases to be registered in the General Register. He may be removed from office for such cause and in such manner as may for the time being be provided by the Charters and statutes governing the College for the removal of elected members of the Council. (
- d)A casual vacancy amongst the elected members shall be filled in accordance with, and a member filling a casual vacancy shall hold office for the term appointed by, such provisions as may be made under the said Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1952 . (
- e)An elected member shall cease to hold office at the annual general meeting of the Council in the year in which his term of office is due to expire and his successor shall take up office on the same day.
(5)This Article shall take effect on the termination of Clause 1 of the Agreement scheduled to the said Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1952 . 6.—
(1)The Council shall have power to appoint persons to visit any university, college or other institution at which are pursued courses of study leading to a degree in the case of which an
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is for the time being in force, and to report upon the courses of study, staffing, accommodation and equipment available for training in veterinary surgery and the other arrangements and facilities for such training.
(2)(a) The Council may appoint persons to attend at examinations leading to a degree in the case of which an
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is for the time being in force, and to report to the Council as to the sufficiency of the examinations and as to such other matters relating thereto as the Council may require. (b) Nothing in this paragraph shall authorise a person appointed thereunder to interfere with the conduct of any examination.
(3)The number of persons who may be appointed by the Council for the purpose of this Article shall be not less than three and not more than five, at least one and not more than two of whom shall be selected from a panel nominated by the Irish Council.
(4)On receipt of any report made under this Article— (
- a)the Council shall send a copy thereof to the university concerned; (
- b)the university may within one month of the receipt of the copy make to the Council observations on the report or objections thereto ; (
- c)as soon as may be after the expiration of the said month, the Council shall send a copy of the report and of any observations thereon or objections thereto duly made, together with the Council's comments on the report and on any such observations or objections, to the Privy Council and the Minister for Agriculture of Ireland.
(5)Every university granting a degree in the case of which an
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is for the time being in force shall, on a request in writing in that behalf made by the Council, furnish the Council with such information as may be specified in the request as to the courses of study and examinations leading to the degree. 7.—
(1)All veterinary graduates of a university in Ireland which is the subject of an
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(2)At the time of applying for entry in the Irish Register, each such graduate shall also, for the purpose of registration in the General Register, forward to the Irish Council, for transmission to the Council, an application for registration in the General Register in such form and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed by regulations of the Council. 8.—
(1)Veterinary surgeons practising solely within the area of jurisdiction of the Irish Council shall pay no annual fee to the Council.
(2)A veterinary surgeon who practises in Ireland both within the area of jurisdiction of the Irish Council and of the Council shall pay his annual fee to the Irish Council or to the Council according to his domicile.
(3)Subject as provided for in paragraphs
(2)and
(5), a veterinary surgeon who, having paid his annual fee to the Irish Council, practises anywhere outside the area of jurisdiction of the Irish Council shall pay to the Council the required annual fee on the next following date on which such fee falls due.
(4)Subject as provided for in paragraphs
(2)and
(5), a veterinary surgeon who, having paid his annual fee to the Council, practises within the area of jurisdiction of the Irish Council, shall pay to the Irish Council the required annual fee on the next following date on which such fee falls due.
(5)A veterinary surgeon from either of the following areas, that is to say, the area of jurisdiction of the Council or of the Irish Council, shall not be required to pay an annual fee for short professional visits to the other area, and, where such visit is to the area of jurisdiction of the Irish Council, registration in the Irish Register shall not be required.
(6)A veterinary surgeon who is required to pay his annual fee to the Council under the provisions of this Article shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty-five of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1948.
(7)In this Article the term " veterinary surgeon " means a person for the time being registered in the Irish Register or the General Register ; and the term " short professional visits " means professional visits not exceeding seven consecutive days up to a total of fourteen days in any period of twelve months beginning on the first day of April.
(8)This Article shall take effect on the termination of the Agreement scheduled to the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1952 . 9. On the termination of Clause I of the Agreement scheduled to the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1952 : (a) the said Agreement shall terminate ; (b) the following clauses or parts of clauses, that is to say, paragraph
(2)of clause 3 and clauses 4 and 6, of the Agreement scheduled to the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1931 (No. 36 of 1931), shall terminate.)
- The Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom shall, as soon as possible, take such steps as may be necessary under the laws of their respective countries to enable the preceding provisions of this Agreement to be put into operation. In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorised for the purpose by their respective Governments, have signed the present Agreement. Done in London in Duplicate this sixth day of April,
- For the Government of Ireland For the Government of the United Kingdom F. H. BOLAND. SWINTON. SECOND SCHEDULE RULES FOR THE ELECTION OF ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AT AN ELECTION.
- The election at an election of persons to be general elected members of the Council and the election at such election of persons to be limited elected members of the Council shall be conducted as two separate elections held at the one time and accordingly each such election shall be deemed for the purposes of these Rules to be a separate election and the word " election " shall in these Rules be construed accordingly.
- Every candidate shall be nominated in writing and shall be proposed and seconded respectively by two registered veterinary surgeons resident in the State and entitled to vote at the election, and every such nomination shall be signed by the candidate and by his proposer and his seconder.
- Every person entitled to vote at an election shall be entitled to vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies to be filled at such election and no more.
- The returning officer shall send a voting paper by post to every person entitled to vote at the election but the failure to send a voting paper to any such person shall not invalidate the election.
- Any person entitled to vote at the election to whom a voting paper is not sent by the returning officer shall be entitled to obtain a voting paper on application therefor to the returning officer.
- Persons entitled to vote at the election shall send by post or otherwise or deliver their voting papers to the returning officer at the address given by him for the purpose.
- On the day and at the time and place appointed for the purpose by the returning officer the votes cast by voting papers received by the returning officer before that day shall be counted in the presence of the returning officer by a chartered or other qualified auditor appointed by the returning officer.
- At every election, the votes cast at the election of persons to be general elected members shall be counted and the result of the election ascertained before the counting of the votes cast at the election of persons to be limited elected members is commenced, and, in the counting of the votes at the last mentioned election, any candidate at such election who has been elected at the first-mentioned election shall be deemed to have withdrawn his candidature and accordingly votes cast for him shall be disregarded.
- Where at an election there are one or more casual vacancies to be filled, the elected person who receives the greatest number of votes shall be deemed to have been elected to fill the vacancy which is not a casual vacancy, and the other elected person or persons shall be deemed to have been elected to fill the said casual vacancy or vacancies and, if more than one, on the basis that the person receiving the greater number of votes is elected to fill the vacancy having the greater term of office unexpired.
- Where at an election any two persons receive an equal number of votes, that one of them whose name was first entered on the register shall be deemed to have received the higher number.
- Votes cast by voting papers received by the returning officer on or after the day appointed by him for the counting of the votes shall not be counted.
- The method of sending, receiving, and counting voting papers shall be such as to secure the secrecy of the voting.
- Every candidate shall be entitled to be present at the counting of the votes and no other person shall be present without the consent of the returning officer.
- When the counting of the votes is completed the returning officer shall send the name or names of the person or persons elected and such other particulars relating to the election as may be required under this order in writing signed by him to the Council. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 9th day of April,
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