Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
make regulations prescribing fees and forms and all matters required or
permitted to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for
facilitating the carrying out or giving effect to this Act and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section may make
regulations —
(a) for
regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board;
(b) for
prescribing the form of the seal of the Board and the manner in which the seal
may be affixed to documents and the manner in which documents issued by the
Board may be authenticated;
(c) for
prescribing the course of training of and examinations to be passed by persons
desiring to be registered as veterinary surgeons;
(ca)
relating to the training of persons desiring to apply for approval as a
veterinary nurse;
(d) for
regulating the manner of making any charge or complaint against a registered
veterinary surgeon or a person who was the holder of a permit under the
Veterinary Surgeons Act Amendment Act 1923 4 , on the coming into
operation of this Act 1 , and the holding of an enquiry by the Board
into the charge or complaint;
(e) for
prescribing the fees to be charged for any registration, certificate,
examination, or other matter under this Act, but not for the initiation of a
proceeding before the State Administrative Tribunal;
(f)
relating to the registration of veterinary surgeons and the issue of
certificates to veterinary nurses;
(g) for
prescribing qualifications of universities, colleges or institutions for the
purposes of this Act;
(h)
relating to the issue, renewal and replacement of certificates of
registration;
(i)
for regulating or prohibiting the method or manner in
which a person, being a registered veterinary surgeon, may make known the
place or places where, or the fact that, the person is practising veterinary
science;
(j)
prescribing the veterinary services that may lawfully be performed pursuant to
section 26;
(k)
prescribing that any act, matter, procedure, or thing shall be deemed to form
part of the practice of veterinary surgery for the purposes of this Act;
(l)
relating to veterinary clinics and veterinary hospitals, their establishment
and functions and the registration and control thereof, the standards to be
observed, the manner in which they are to be conducted, the duties of persons
employed therein or thereby, the equipment and facilities to be provided, and
the manner and extent to which they may be advertised;
(m)
relating to the theoretical and practical studies of veterinary students, and
the supervision thereof; and
(n)
relating to the maintenance of prescribed standards of professional conduct.
(2) Any regulations
made under this Act may —
(a) be
of general or limited application, according to time, place or circumstance
and may make different provision as between persons who are a body corporate
and persons who are not a body corporate;
(b)
impose upon any person or class of person a discretionary authority; and
(c)
provide penalties not exceeding $2 000 for offences against the
regulations, and daily penalties not exceeding $200 for every day that an
offence continues.
[Section 31 amended by No. 45 of 1977
s. 31; No. 8 of 1984 s. 24; No. 20 of 1989 s. 3; No. 55 of 2004
s. 1287.]