Western Australian Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1960 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 10 December 2010 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960	64 of 1960 (9 Eliz II No. 64)	2 Dec 1960	12 Jan 1962 (see s. 1(2) and Gazette 12 Jan 1962 p. 103)
Veterinary Surgeons Act Amendment Act 1977	45 of 1977	7 Nov 1977	21 Dec 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Dec 1979 p. 3909)
Reprint of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960 approved 7 Jan 1980 (includes amendments listed above)
Veterinary Surgeons Amendment Act 1984	8 of 1984	17 May 1984	19 Oct 1984 (see s. 2 and Gazette 19 Oct 1984 p. 3358)
Acts Amendment (Financial Provisions of Regulatory Bodies) Act 1987 s. 3	77 of 1987	26 Nov 1987	1 Jan 1988 (see s. 2)
Veterinary Surgeons Amendment Act 1988	43 of 1988	30 Nov 1988	s. 1 and 2: 30 Nov 1988; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 13 Jan 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 13 Jan 1989 p. 62)
Agricultural Legislation (Penalties) Amendment Act 1989 s. 3	20 of 1989	1 Dec 1989	15 Dec 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Dec 1989 p. 4513)
Reprint of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960 as at 12 Feb 1990 (includes amendments listed above)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 131 6	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 82	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Reprint 3: The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960 as at 8 Jul 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Consequential Provisions) Act 2005 s. 63	24 of 2005	2 Dec 2005	1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6244)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 129	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Veterinary Surgeons Amendment Act 2009	9 of 2009	21 May 2009	s. 1 and 2: 21 May 2009 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 12 Dec  2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 11 Dec 2009 p. 5045)
Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 87	18 of 2009	16 Sep 2009	17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 49	35 of 2010	30 Aug 2010	18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6)
Reprint 4: The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960 as at 10 Dec 2010 (includes amendments listed above)

² The provision of this Act repealing those Acts has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

³ Now known as Manager, Animal Industry Protection, Animal Protection Program.

⁴ Under the Alteration of Statutory Designations Order 2006 a reference in any law to the Department of Agriculture is read and construed as a reference to the Department of Agriculture and Food.

⁵ Repealed by s. 1(3) of this Act, which was omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

⁶ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
animal 2
Board 2
diploma 2
member 2
practice 2
practise 2
Register 2
registered veterinary surgeon 2
Registrar 2
unprofessional conduct as a veterinary surgeon 23(4)
veterinary clinic 2
veterinary hospital 2
veterinary nurse 2
veterinary surgery 2