Veterinary Practice Act 2018

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Select version to search Documents version All versions R9 (current) 26 November 2025 R8 16 July 2025 - 25 November 2025 R7 22 December 2024 - 15 July 2025 R6 14 July 2023 - 21 December 2024 R5 24 August 2022 - 13 July 2023 R4 23 June 2021 - 23 August 2022 R3 22 December 2020 - 22 June 2021 R2 14 November 2019 - 21 December 2020 R1 21 December 2018 - 13 November 2019 As notified 21 December 2018 Clear Search Current law Regulations & instruments Point-in-time versions Law history Current version Notes Proposed amendments by Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 . Effective Files/Formats Version Published Notes 26 November 2025 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R9 26 November 2025 Republication for amendments by A2025-29 Administering Minister and Directorate Minister for City and Government Services - City and Environment Directorate Legislative instruments Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws Notes Under transitional arrangements by this Act, s 206 some appointments under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 2015 (repealed) are taken to be appointments under this Act. Name Status Classifier Type Under Effective Year and No Veterinary Practice Commencement Notice 2018 (Repealed) Repealed Commencement notices s 2 21 December 2018 - 22 December 2018 CN2018-12 Veterinary Practice (Professional Bodies) Declaration 2018 (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 143 21 December 2018 - 15 July 2025 DI2018-298 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2018 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 21 December 2018 - 1 May 2019 DI2018-299 Veterinary Practice Veterinary Practitioner Code of Professional Conduct 2018 None Notifiable instruments s 42 21 December 2018 NI2018-726 Veterinary Practice Veterinary Premises Standards 2018 None Notifiable instruments s 72 21 December 2018 NI2018-727 Veterinary Practice Regulation 2018 None Subordinate laws s 147 1 May 2026 SL2018-28 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2019 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 15 March 2019 - 14 March 2022 DI2019-24 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2019 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 2 May 2019 - 18 July 2019 DI2019-48 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2019 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 17 May 2019 - 16 May 2022 DI2019-54 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2019 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 21 May 2019 - 20 May 2022 NI2019-308 Veterinary Practice (Board) Delegation 2019 (No 1) None Delegation Notifiable instruments s 108 17 May 2019 NI2019-309 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2019 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 19 July 2019 - 30 April 2020 DI2019-183 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2019 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022 DI2019-281 Veterinary Practice (Registrar) Appointment 2020 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 104 10 April 2020 - 1 March 2021 NI2020-211 Veterinary Practice (Acting Registrar) Appointment 2020 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 104 3 April 2020 - 1 December 2021 NI2020-212 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2020 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 1 May 2020 - 14 May 2020 DI2020-84 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2020 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 15 May 2020 - 29 April 2021 DI2020-93 Veterinary Practice (Registrar) Appointment 2021 (No 1) None Appointment Notifiable instruments s 104 2 March 2021 NI2021-116 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 16 April 2021 - 15 April 2024 NI2021-223 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 30 April 2021 - 2 May 2022 DI2021-53 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 18 October 2021 - 1 September 2024 DI2021-235 Veterinary Practice (Acting Registrar) Appointment 2021 (No 1) None Appointment Notifiable instruments s 104 2 December 2021 NI2021-714 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2021 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 7 December 2021 - 6 December 2024 NI2021-715 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2022 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 15 March 2022 - 14 March 2025 DI2022-24 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2022 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 17 May 2022 - 16 May 2025 DI2022-26 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2022 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 3 May 2022 - 30 June 2023 DI2022-43 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2022 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025 DI2022-251 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2023 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 25 April 2023 - 30 June 2024 DI2023-52 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2023 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 5 May 2023 - 4 May 2026 DI2023-70 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2023 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 23 August 2023 - 22 August 2024 NI2023-509 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2023 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 23 August 2023 - 22 August 2024 NI2023-510 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2024 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 12 April 2024 - 30 June 2025 DI2024-57 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2024 (No 1) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 2 September 2024 - 1 September 2027 DI2024-233 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2024 (No 2) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 2 September 2024 - 1 September 2027 DI2024-234 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2025 (No 1) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 10 January 2025 - 9 January 2028 DI2025-1 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2025 (No 2) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 15 March 2025 - 14 March 2027 DI2025-24 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2025 (No 3) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 17 May 2025 - 16 May 2028 DI2025-25 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2025 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 1 May 2025 - 30 June 2026 DI2025-40 Veterinary Practice (Professional Bodies) Declaration 2025 (No 1) None Disallowable instruments s 96 16 July 2025 DI2025-191 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2025 (No 4) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2028 DI2025-325 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2026 (No 1) None Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 11 February 2026 - 10 February 2028 NI2026-71 Veterinary Practice (Inspector) Appointment 2026 (No 2) None Appointment Notifiable instruments s 109 11 February 2026 - 10 February 2028 NI2026-72 Veterinary Practice (Fees) Determination 2026 (No 1) None Fee Disallowable instruments s 144 1 May 2026 DI2026-54 Veterinary Practice (Board) Appointment 2026 (No 1) None Appointment Disallowable instruments s 93 5 May 2026 - 4 May 2029 DI2026-58 Point-in-time versions Enter a date to find a version from 21 December 2018 onwards : The following table lists 9 point in time versions. 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Effective Files/Formats Version Published Notes 26 November 2025 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R9 26 November 2025 Republication for amendments by A2025-29 16 July 2025 - 25 November 2025 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R8 16 July 2025 Republication for amendments by A2025-20 22 December 2024 - 15 July 2025 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R7 22 December 2024 Republication for expiry of provision (s 148) 14 July 2023 - 21 December 2024 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R6 14 July 2023 Republication for amendments by A2023-27 24 August 2022 - 13 July 2023 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R5 24 August 2022 Republication for amendments by A2022-14 23 June 2021 - 23 August 2022 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R4 23 June 2021 Republication for amendments by A2021-12 22 December 2020 - 22 June 2021 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R3 22 December 2020 Republication for expiry of transitional provisions (pt 20) 14 November 2019 - 21 December 2020 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R2 14 November 2019 Republication for amendments by A2019-42 21 December 2018 - 13 November 2019 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R1 21 December 2018 Republication for new Act 21 December 2018 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word As notified 30 August 2018 Bill and Explanatory statement The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Veterinary Practice Bill 2018 . Notification statement The Veterinary Practice Act 2018 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001. Notified: 30 August 2018 (Parliamentary Counsel) Act as notified Date notified Effective Files/Formats Notes 30 August 2018 21 December 2018 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word Commencement Provision Commencement date Commencement method s 1, s 2 30 August 2018 LA s 75 (1) remainder 21 December 2018 s 2 and CN2018-12 Expiries Provision Expiry date Expiry method s 148 21 December 2024 (midnight) s 148 (3) pt 20 21 December 2020 (midnight) s 212 Amendments For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law. Year and number Amending law Amending provision Commencement date A2021-12 Statute Law Amendment Act 2021 sch 3 pt 3.62 23 June 2021 A2022-14 Statute Law Amendment Act 2022 sch 3 pt 3.41 24 August 2022 A2023-27 Transport Canberra and City Services Legislation Amendment Act 2023 pt 5 14 July 2023 A2019-42 Statute Law Amendment Act 2019 sch 3 pt 3.24 14 November 2019 A2025-20 Veterinary Practice Amendment Act 2025 pt 2 16 July 2025 A2025-29 Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 sch 3 pt 3.99, sch 4 pt 4.187 26 November 2025 Subscribe to this law About this site Contact us Disclaimer Privacy Accessibility Copyright Glossary Abbreviation key Related links Acknowledgement of Country Copyright 2001 ACT Government. All rights reserved. Approved website under the Legislation Act 2001 (ACT). Last updated at 22 July 2026 00:15:05 AEST Back to top