Section 11: Arrangement for modifying the Second Schedule:

11. Arrangement for modifying the Second Schedule:—(1) At any time the Council may enter into negotiations with the appropriate authority in any State or Country outside Pakistan for the settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of veterinary qualifications and in pursuance of any such scheme, the Federal Government may by notification in official Gazette amend the Second Schedule so as to include therein any veterinary qualification which the Council has decided to recognize. (2) The notification referred to in sub-section (1) may also direct that an entry shall be made in the last column of the Second Schedule against the veterinary qualification declaring that it shall be recognized qualification only when granted after a specified date. (3) The Federal Government, after consultation with the Council, may, by notification in the official Gazette, amend the Second Schedule by directing that an entry be made therein in respect of any veterinary qualification, declaring that it shall be a recognized qualification only when granted before a specified date. (4) Where the Council has refused to recognize any veterinary qualification which has been proposed for recognition by any such authority that authority may apply to the Federal Government, and the Federal Government after considering such application and the Council’s reason for such refusal may, by notification in the official Gazette amend the Second Schedule so as to module such qualification therein and the provisions of sub-section (2) shall apply to such notification. (5) The Federal Government, after consulting the Council, may, if it thinks fit direct that a veterinary qualification granted by an institution in a State or Country outside Pakistan shall be a recognized qualification for such period and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the direction, as it were mentioned, in the Second Schedule notwithstanding that a reciprocal scheme of recognition has not been entered into between the Council and the appropriate authority in that State or Country as in referred to in sub-section (1).

Effective date: 1996-01-01

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