This Act, consisting of 107 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by three Schedules, aims at regulating the provision of veterinary services for the following purposes: The object of this Act is to regulate the provision of veterinary services for the following purposes: (a) to promote the welfare of animals, (b) to ensure that consumers of veterinary services are well informed as to the competencies required of veterinary practitioners, (c) to ensure that acceptable standards are required to be met by veterinary practitioners so as to meet the public interest and national and international trade requirements, (d) to provide public health protection. This Act is divided as follows: Part 1 Preliminary; Part 2 Restricted acts of veterinary science; Part 3 Practice of veterinary science; Part 4 Registration of veterinary practitioners; Division 1 Registration procedures; Part 4 A Recognition of interstate veterinary practitioners; Part 5 Complaints and disciplinary proceedings; Part 6 Veterinary hospitals; Part 7 Veterinary Practitioners Board; Part 9 Powers of inspectors Part 9A; Part 10 Miscellaneous. Schedule 1-4 deal with: Unrestricted acts of veterinary science; Provisions relating to the members and procedure of the Board; Savings, transitional and other provisions.
澳大利亚 · 2003-10-29