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Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Western Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1960 (2010)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to consolidate certain Acts regulating the practice of veterinary surgery, by repealing those Acts 2 and re enacting them with amendments, and for incidental and other purposes.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Institution Animal health Drugs Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Authorization/permit Registration Animal welfare
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 12 January 1962.
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 31 sections divided into five Parts, aims at regulating the practice of veterinary surgery in Western Australia. It establishes the Veterinary Surgeons’ Board entitled to: acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of suing and being sued. The Register of Veterinary Surgeons, Western Australia shall, at the direction of the Board, and on payment of the prescribed fee: a) where a person, not being a body corporate, has the necessary qualifications or prerequisites under this Act, register that person as a veterinary surgeon, an honorary veterinary surgeon or a specialist by entering his name together with the other particulars referred to in subsection (3); and b) where, in relation to a body corporate, the Board approves the application pursuant to section 20(3), register that body corporate by entering the name by which it is incorporated and any other name by reference to which it carries on business, together with such other particulars as may be prescribed.

Full text
English
Website
www6.austlii.edu.au