Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act, the Registrar shall keep in the prescribed form a register called
the Register of Veterinary Surgeons, Western Australia.
(2) The Registrar
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,
in the Register.
(3) The Registrar
shall enter in the Register —
(a) the
full name and address of a person who is entitled to be registered under
subsection (2)(a);
(b) the
date and description of the qualifications in respect of which the
registration is granted; and
(c) such
other particulars as may be prescribed.
(4) (a)
In all questions under this Act and in any
prosecution for any offence against this Act, a certificate under the hand of
the Registrar is prima facie evidence of the truth of the matter contained
therein.
(b)
Courts, judges and other persons acting judicially
shall take judicial notice of the appointment and signature of the Registrar.
(5) (a)
The Registrar shall as soon as practicable in each
year transmit to the Minister a copy of the Register certified by him to be a
correct copy of the Register as at 1 March in that year.
(b)
The Minister shall as soon as practicable after he
receives the copy cause it to be published in the Gazette under the heading,
“Roll of Veterinary Surgeons for Western Australia”, followed by
the year in which it is published.
(6) (a)
A copy of the Gazette containing the roll for any
year is prima facie evidence in all proceedings that the persons named in the
roll are registered pursuant to subsection (2) and that in the case of a
person who is registered under paragraph (a) of that subsection the
person possesses the qualifications or the prerequisites therein mentioned.
(b)
The absence of the name of a person from the roll
is prima facie evidence that the person is not so registered; and the fact
that the roll does not show that registration of a person has been granted in
respect of any particular qualification or prerequisite is prima facie
evidence that the person does not possess that qualification or prerequisite.
[Section 17 amended by No. 45 of 1977
s. 9; No. 8 of 1984 s. 8; No. 43 of 1988 s. 5.]