DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 63T Qualifications for implanters

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 63T

S. 63T(1) amended by No. 65/2007 s. 44(Sch. 1 item 18), substituted by No. 44/2010 s. 16(1).

    (1)     A person is qualified to implant permanent identification devices into animals of a prescribed class of animal if—

        (a)     the person is a veterinary practitioner who has completed a course approved by the Secretary on the implantation of permanent identification devices into such animals; or

        (b)     the person has a qualification approved by the Secretary and has completed a course approved by the Secretary for persons who are not veterinary practitioners on the implantation of permanent identification devices into such animals; or

        (c)     the person is training to be a veterinary practitioner or to have a qualification approved by the Secretary and the person implants the devices under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner who has completed a course approved by the Secretary on the implantation of permanent identification devices into such animals.

    (2)     An approval of a course or qualification by the Secretary under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

S. 63T(3) inserted by No. 44/2010 s. 16(2).

    (3)     Nothing in this section authorises a person who is not a veterinary practitioner or a person training to be a veterinary practitioner to implant a device in a prescribed class of animal other than dogs or cats.

S. 63U inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 9.