Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (2), no person, or association of persons, shall take legal
proceedings to recover a charge or fee made in respect of any
veterinary surgery or veterinary service carried out unless —
(a) the
surgery or service was carried out in accordance with this Act; and
(b) the
person who carried out the surgery or service is the person, or a member of
the association of persons, taking the legal action or was working for, or
under the supervision of, that person or association.
(2) Notwithstanding
subsection (1) legal proceedings under that subsection shall not be taken
in respect of veterinary surgery or veterinary services carried out at a
veterinary clinic or a veterinary hospital unless that clinic or hospital is
conducted by a university in which case only the university shall take those
proceedings.
[Section 25 inserted by No. 43 of 1988
s. 14.]
[Heading repealed by No. 45 of 1977 s. 22.]