(1)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, where a registered veterinary surgeon performs a veterinary service on behalf of a veterinary services entity for a person, that veterinary surgeon is personally liable to that person in respect of the performance of that veterinary service or any matter or thing arising out of the performance of that veterinary service, whether the contract for the carrying out of that veterinary service was entered into between that veterinary surgeon and that person or not.

(2)  Where more than one registered veterinary surgeon performs a veterinary service on behalf of a veterinary services entity for a person, those veterinary surgeons are jointly and severally personally liable to that person as provided in subsection (1) .

(3)  Where one or more registered veterinary surgeons are, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) , personally liable to a person in respect of the performance of a veterinary service on behalf of a veterinary services entity or any matter or thing arising out of the performance of such a veterinary service, nothing in either of those subsections prevents that person from bringing an action in respect of the performance of that veterinary service or that matter or thing against the veterinary services entity in addition to, or instead of, bringing the action against one or more of those veterinary surgeons.