Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1965 (REPEALED) - SECT 50

    (1)     A person other than a registered veterinary surgeon shall not—

        (a)     practise or perform, for fee or reward, veterinary surgery; or

        (b)     hold himself or herself out to be a veterinary surgeon; or

        (c)     take or use the title of veterinary surgeon, registered veterinary surgeon or any other title of similar meaning.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     A registered veterinary surgeon shall not—

        (a)     hold himself or herself out to be a specialist veterinary surgeon in a specialist branch of veterinary surgery in relation to which he or she is not registered; or

        (b)     take or use the title of a specialist veterinary surgeon, registered specialist veterinary surgeon or any other title of similar meaning if he or she is not registered as a specialist veterinary surgeon.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.