Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations —
approved form means a form approved by the Board,
or if no form is approved, in writing;
form means a form set out in Schedule 1;
owner , in relation to the animal,
means —
(a) an
owner of the animal; or
(b) a
person who is responsible for the ongoing health and welfare of the animal;
pastoral region means the whole of the State other
than —
(a) the
South‑West division of the State as described in the Land
Administration Act 1997 Schedule 1; and
(b) the
local government districts of Esperance and Ravensthorpe;
prescribe a scheduled drug means —
(a)
prescribe a scheduled drug; or
(b) sign
a written order for the purposes of the Poisons Regulations 1965
regulation 39A;
scheduled drug means a poison included in the
Poisons Act 1964 Schedule 4 or 8;
trainee veterinary nurse means a person
who —
(a) is
enrolled in a course approved for the purposes of section 26E(1) of the
Act; and
(b) has
been authorised under section 26(4)(b) of the Act to perform the duties
and veterinary services of a trainee veterinary nurse;
veterinary student means a student referred to in
section 26(4)(a) of the Act.
(2) For the purposes
of paragraph (e) of the definition of “veterinary surgery” in
section 2 of the Act, the following acts, matters, procedures and things
are prescribed as forming part of the practice of veterinary surgery —
(a)
examination for pregnancy by rectal palpation or rectal probe and ovarian
examination per rectum;
(b)
acupuncture procedures;
(c) ova
or embryo transplants;
(d)
artificial insemination by surgical (laparoscopic) method;
(e)
uterine swabbing of mares.
[Regulation 2 inserted in Gazette
20 Mar 2007 p. 1009‑10; amended in Gazette
19 Oct 2007 p. 5609.]
[Heading inserted in Gazette
20 Mar 2007 p. 1007.]