Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1931

Persons entitled to be registered after the establishment of the register.

31.—(1) After the establishment of the register the following persons shall, on making the prescribed application and paying the fees required by this Act to be paid on such application, be entitled (save as is otherwise provided by this section) to be registered in the register, that is to say:—

(a) every person who is at the time of such application registered in the general veterinary register, and

(b) every person who at the time of such application is possessed of a diploma in veterinary science, veterinary surgery or veterinary medicine granted by a university or college in Saorstát Eireann and for the time being recognised by law as a diploma conferring on the possessor thereof the right to be registered in the register.

(2) No person whose name shall have been erased from the register by the Council on account of his having been convicted of treason or a felony, misdemeanour, crime or offence or on account of failure to pay an annual fee, or on account of his having been judged guilty of conduct disgraceful to him in a professional respect, shall be entitled to have his name restored to the register under this section solely by reason of his being registered in the general veterinary register.

(3) A person not previously registered in the register shall not be entitled to be registered therein under this section if at any time before his application for such registration his name had been erased from the general veterinary register on account of his having been convicted of a felony, misdemeanour, crime or offence or his having been judged guilty of conduct disgraceful to him in a professional respect.