Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who
conducts or carries on any veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital commits an
offence unless that veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital is registered
under this section.
Penalty: $2 000.
(2) No veterinary
clinic or veterinary hospital shall be registered, or if registered shall
continue to be registered, under the provisions of this section
unless —
(a) the
premises are constructed, equipped, controlled, managed, and operated in such
manner as is prescribed, or, where no such requirement is prescribed, as the
Board approves;
(b) it
is under the management of a registered veterinary surgeon;
(c)
every person who performs duties of the nature of veterinary surgery in or in
connection with that clinic or hospital is either a registered veterinary
surgeon, a veterinary nurse or a student from a school of veterinary science
at an Australian university examining animals and performing veterinary
services as prescribed under section 26(4)(a); or
(d)
where the clinic or hospital is conducted by a society or other body
incorporated under the laws of the State which, in the opinion of the Board,
is engaged solely in the promotion of the welfare of animals, the society or
body is licensed under section 26F and is complying with that licence.
(3) The Board shall
maintain a record showing in respect of each registration effected pursuant to
this section the prescribed information.
(4) Application for
the registration, or the transfer or renewal of the registration, of any
veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital, shall be made to the Registrar in
the prescribed form and manner and accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(5) The Board, upon
being satisfied that the provisions of this Act have been complied with and
that there are no grounds upon which the application ought to be refused,
shall cause a veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital to be registered under
this section and shall issue to the veterinary surgeon for the time being
having the management of that clinic or hospital a certificate of registration
thereof in the prescribed form.
(6) Where the Board
refuses an application for registration, or renewal of registration, as the
case may be, the Registrar shall forthwith notify the applicant in writing of
the grounds upon which the refusal was made.
(7) Subject to this
Act, the registration of a veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital continues
in force from the date of issue of the notification of the registration for a
period of 3 years, but where the veterinary surgeon to whom the
certificate of registration is issued ceases to have the management of that
clinic or hospital the certificate may, with the approval of the Board, be
transferred to a veterinary surgeon who proposes to take over that management.
(8) Regulations may
provide for the issue of temporary permits having effect for a period of not
more than 3 months, and during the currency of any such permit the
veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital to which it relates shall be deemed
to be registered under this section.
(9) The Registrar may,
at any time, require an applicant or the holder of a certificate of
registration under this section —
(a) to
furnish the Board with information, or additional information, as to the
veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital concerned;
(b) to
permit the premises to be inspected on behalf of the Board; and
(c) to
permit a person authorised by the Board to examine and remove samples,
specimens and records thereon or relating thereto.
(10) If the Board,
after giving to the holder of the certificate of registration a reasonable
opportunity to make representations to the Board, is of the opinion that the
provisions of this Act have not been complied with in relation to any
veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital the Board may allege to the State
Administrative Tribunal that the provisions of this Act have not been complied
with in relation to that veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital.
(11) If, in a
proceeding commenced by an allegation under subsection (10), the State
Administrative Tribunal is satisfied that the provisions of this Act have not
been complied with in relation to a veterinary clinic or veterinary hospital,
the Tribunal may cancel the registration of the veterinary clinic or
veterinary hospital.
[Section 24A inserted by No. 45 of 1977
s. 19; amended by No. 43 of 1988 s. 13; No. 20 of 1989
s. 3; No. 55 of 2004 s. 1283.]