New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 9

9 Offence for unregistered person to do restricted acts of veterinary science

(1) A person must not do any restricted act of veterinary science unless the person is a veterinary practitioner.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person other than a veterinary practitioner may, in respect of an animal, do any restricted act of veterinary science if:

(a) the person is the owner of the animal, or

(b) the person is an employee of the owner of the animal and the act is done incidentally to the primary duties of that employment, or

(c) the person is a student enrolled in a course of study referred to in section 21 (1) (a) and is doing the restricted act of veterinary science concerned as part of the requirements of that course under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner, or

(d) the doing of the act is necessary because the animal is in urgent need of veterinary treatment and a veterinary practitioner is not available, or

(e) the person belongs to a class of persons, or is doing the act of veterinary science in the circumstances, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.