New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act--

"advisory committee" means the advisory committee established under Part 2.

"approved fee" means the fee determined by the Board and approved by the Minister.

"Board" means the Veterinary Practitioners Board constituted under section 76.

"committee" means a committee established under section 81.

"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.

"firm" means a partnership or other unincorporated association of persons.

"full registration" means registration granted in accordance with section 21.

"function" includes power, duty and authority.

"health practitioner" means a registered health practitioner within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) .

"honorary registration" means registration granted in accordance with section 22.

"inspector" means a person appointed for the time being as an inspector under section 90.

"limited registration" means registration granted in accordance with section 23.

"major surgery" has the meaning given by section 64.

"premises" includes land.

"provisional registration" means registration granted in accordance with section 24.

"Register" means the Register required to be kept under section 28.

"registered" means registered as a veterinary practitioner under this Act.

"Registrar" means Registrar of the Board.

"registration" means registration as a veterinary practitioner under this Act.

"restricted act of veterinary science" has the meaning given by section 7.

"specialist registration" means registration granted in accordance with section 25.

"Tribunal" means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

"veterinary hospital" means premises the subject of a veterinary hospital licence.

"veterinary hospital licence" means a licence granted under Part 6 that is in force.

"veterinary practice" means a business that provides veterinary services.

"veterinary practitioner" means a person who is registered under this Act as a veterinary practitioner.

"veterinary science" includes any branch of the science or art of veterinary medicine or of veterinary surgery and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes the following--

(a) the examination of or attendance on any animal for the purpose of diagnosing the physiological or pathological condition of the animal,

(b) the giving of any anaesthetic to, or the performance of any operation on, any animal,

(c) without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), the diagnosing of pregnancy in an animal,

(d) without limiting the generality of paragraph (b)--

(i) the carrying out of any artificial breeding procedure involving surgery, and

(ii) the de-antlering of deer,

(e) the doing of any act that is prescribed by the regulations as forming part of the practice of veterinary science.

Note : The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person has, or persons have,
"a controlling interest" in a corporation or firm if the person has, or persons have, the capacity to determine the outcome of decisions about the financial and operating policies of the corporation or firm.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person is considered to suffer from an
"impairment" if the person suffers from any physical or mental impairment, disability, condition or disorder which detrimentally affects or is likely to detrimentally affect the person's physical or mental capacity to practise veterinary science. Habitual drunkenness or addiction to a deleterious drug is considered to be a physical or mental disorder.