Section 12: Power of Board of Examiners to investigate certain applications, etc.

(1) There shall continue to be established a Board of Examiners (hereafter in this section referred to as "the Board") which shall consist of two or more registered veterinary surgeons appointed by the Council.
(2) The persons who immediately before the appointed day were members of the Board shall on that date be deemed to constitute the Board until new appointments are made in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The Board shall investigate any application referred to it by the Council under section 8 (3) of this Act and shall-
(a) where it is satisfied that the qualifications of the applicant afford sufficient assurance of his suitability for registration, recommend him to the Council for registration; or
(b) where it considers that further assurance is required as to the suitability of the applicant, examine the applicant in any manner it deems appropriate and thereafter make such recommendation to the Council as the Board deems fit.
(4) Where any recommendation for registration of an applicant is made to the Council pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the Council may, if it thinks fit, authorise and require the registrar to insert the name of such applicant in the register, on payment to the Council by the applicant of such fee as may be prescribed or without the payment of any fee.