New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 66

66 Unlicensed premises not to be represented as veterinary hospital

(1) The owner or occupier of premises must not represent the premises to be a veterinary hospital unless the premises are a veterinary hospital.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units in the case of an individual and 100 penalty units in the case of a corporation.

(2) Without limiting the ways in which premises can be considered to be represented to be a veterinary hospital, a representation using any of the following titles, names or descriptions constitutes such a representation:

(a) the title or description “veterinary hospital”, “veterinary practice”, “animal hospital” or “animal doctor”, or any abbreviation or derivative of those words, either alone or in connection with any other title or description,

(b) another title, name or description that indicates, or is capable of being understood to indicate, or is calculated to lead a person to infer, that the premises are a veterinary hospital or are entitled to be licensed as a veterinary hospital,

(c) any title, name or description prescribed by the regulations.