Western Australian Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1960

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title and commencement  
   2.      Terms used  
   3.      Administration

   PART II -- The Veterinary Surgeons’ Board  

   4.      Establishment of Board  
   5.      Constitution of Board  
   6.      Deputies of members  
   7.      Chairman of Board  
   8.      Leave of absence  
   9.      Fees, allowances and expenses  
   10.     Vacation of office  
   11.     Governor may fill vacancies of elected members in some cases  
   12.     Ordinary and special meetings of Board  
   13.     Officers  
   14.     Exemption from personal liability  
   15.     Meetings of Board  
   16.     Funds of Board  
   16AA.   Accounts  
   16AB.   Audit  
   16AC.   Annual report

   PART IIA -- Powers of investigation  

   16A.    Investigation and inquiry by Registrar and inspectors  
   16B.    Power to require and obtain information

   PART III -- Register of Veterinary Surgeons  

   17.     Register  
   18.     Roll fees to be paid annually  
   19.     Board may make necessary alterations in Register and remove names

   PART IV -- Veterinary surgeons  

   20.     Veterinary surgeons, registration and required qualifications of  
   20AA.   Honorary veterinary surgeons, registration of  
   20AB.   Specialists, registration of  
   20A.    Board may impose conditions on registration, or require examination  
   20B.    Provisional registration  
   21.     Registration generally  
   22.     Review of refusal to register  
   23.     Removing names from Register  
   24.     Restoring names to Register

   PART IVA -- Veterinary clinics and veterinary hospitals  

   24A.    Veterinary clinics and hospitals, registration of  
   24B.    Review of refusal to grant or renew registration of clinics or hospitals

   PART V -- Veterinary practice, and offences  

   25.     Who may recover fees for veterinary surgery etc.  
   26.     Only registered persons to practise veterinary surgery  
   26AA.   Only registered specialists to practise as specialists  
   26A.    Use of title “veterinary surgeon” etc.  
   26B.    Estates of deceased veterinary surgeons  
   26C.    Employment of veterinary surgeons  
   26D.    Issuing certificates under other Acts  
   26E.    Veterinary nurses  
   26F.    Animal welfare societies  
   27.     Legal proceedings  
   28.     Act does not apply etc. to health practitioners etc.  
   29.     Offences  
   30.     General penalty  
   31.     Regulations
           
           
[Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 10 December 2010]
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