Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (6), only a registered veterinary surgeon, or an association
or body of persons comprised wholly of persons who are registered veterinary
surgeons shall —
(a) use
the title of veterinary surgeon, or of registered veterinary surgeon;
(b) hold
himself or itself out directly, indirectly or by implication as practising or
being willing to practise veterinary surgery in any of its aspects; or
(c) use
any name, title, word, abbreviation, or initial or combination of letters
which implies or is calculated to imply that he or it is registered under this
Act or is entitled to carry on the practice of veterinary surgery.
Penalty: $2 000.
(2) A person or
association of persons shall practise veterinary surgery, carry on the
business of veterinary surgery or conduct a veterinary clinic or veterinary
hospital only in or under a name registered in respect of that person or
association of persons under this Act, unless otherwise approved in writing by
the Board.
(3) A person, being a
registered veterinary surgeon, shall not make known the place or places where,
or the fact that, the person is practising veterinary science, except in
accordance with the regulations.
(4) A person shall not
use or publish in connection with veterinary science or the practice of
veterinary surgery any title, name, words or letters capable of being
understood to indicate qualifications in veterinary science, as a veterinary
surgeon or as a specialist in a particular branch of veterinary surgery
unless —
(a) the
title, name, words or letters are entered in the Register opposite that
person’s name, or are an abbreviation or derivative of such an entry; or
(b) the
Board has approved the use or publication of the title, name, words or letters
by the person.
(5) Subject to
subsection (6), no person, other than a person authorised so to do by or
under this Act, shall in connection with any business take or use the term
“veterinary”, or any abbreviation or amplification of that term,
either alone or in connection with any other name or title, save that the term
may lawfully be used by a person as indicating that the person carries on the
business of supplier of wares or materials used in connection with veterinary
science.
(6) Notwithstanding
this section, a university conducting a veterinary clinic or veterinary
hospital registered under section 24A may hold itself out as being
willing to provide veterinary surgery.
[Section 26A inserted by No. 45 of 1977
s. 24; amended by No. 8 of 1984 s. 19; No. 43 of 1988
s. 17; No. 20 of 1989 s. 3.]