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Establishment of panels of referees.
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24.—(1) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the appointed day, and subsequently within two months before the termination of each panel established under this section, establish a panel of referees for the purposes of this Act by appointing not less than five persons (in this section referred to as original referees), three at least of whom shall be registered veterinary surgeons, to form such panel, in the case of the first such panel, as from a date specified by the Minister and, in the case of every subsequent panel, as from the date of the termination of the then existing panel.
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(2) The Minister may at any time or from time to time, within the period of three years from the date of the appointment of any original referees as members of a panel established under this section, appoint such and so many other persons as he may think fit to be members of such panel in addition to such original referees or in substitution for any of such original referees who dies or resigns before the expiration of such period.
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(4) Every member of a panel of referees established under this section shall be paid by the Minister such fees and expenses for every inspection and examination made by him in pursuance of this Act as the Minister shall, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, direct.
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