Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –
"Agency" and "Head of Agency" have the meanings assigned to those terms by the State Service Act 2000;
"approved" means approved by the Board;
"Board" means the Veterinary Board of Tasmania constituted under section 4;
"chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
"Commission" means the Australian Securities and Investment Commission established under the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 1989 of the Commonwealth;
"functions" includes duties;
"inspector" means a person empowered by the Board under section 10(1);
"list" means the list of veterinary services companies required to be kept under section 29;
"member" means a member of the Board;
"primary registration" means registration in accordance with section 18(1A);
"records" includes books, accounts, minutes, registers, deeds, writings, or documents or any other sources of information compiled, recorded, or stored in written form or on micro-film, or by electronic process, or in any other manner or by any other means;
"register" means the register kept under section 14;
"Registrar" means the person appointed and holding office under section 7 as the Registrar of the Board;
"registered veterinary specialist" means a person registered as a veterinary specialist pursuant to Part IV;
"registered veterinary surgeon" means a person registered as a veterinary surgeon pursuant to Part IV;
"registration" means primary registration or secondary registration;
"relevant fee" in relation to any matter means a fee prescribed by the regulations relating to that matter;
"repealed Act" means the Veterinary Act 1918;
"secondary registration" means registration in accordance with section 18(1B);
"the regulations" means regulations made and in force under this Act;
"veterinary establishment" means any establishment, vehicle, or place in which veterinary services are carried out;
"veterinary services" means services which form part of the practice of veterinary surgery, and includes attendance, rendering advice, diagnosis or treatment of disease or injury, provision of veterinary certificates, and prescribing medicines for veterinary purposes, but does not include any prescribed services;
"veterinary services company" means a body corporate one of the objects of which is the provision of veterinary services;
"veterinary student" means a person who has commenced a course of veterinary studies at an approved institution on a full time basis;
"veterinary surgery" means the art and science of veterinary surgery and medicine.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears –
(a) a reference in this Act to a person being registered is a reference to a person who is registered under this Act and includes a reference to a person temporarily or provisionally so registered and a person registered under section 17, and a reference to registration has a corresponding meaning; and
(b) a reference in this Act to practising veterinary surgery includes the running, operating, or administering by a veterinary surgeon of a veterinary establishment.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting any person to contravene any provisions of any law or enactment relating to cruelty to animals.