Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A veterinarian
may, by written notice, request a person keeping a clinical record relating to
an animal under regulation 32A to give a copy of the record to the
veterinarian if —
(a) the
veterinarian is carrying out an act of veterinary medicine in relation to the
animal; and
(b) any
of the following persons consents to the giving of the copy —
(i)
an owner of the animal;
(ii)
a person in charge of the animal, other than the
veterinarian;
(iii)
if the animal is in the custody, care and control of the
veterinarian — a person who was a person in charge of the animal
immediately before the veterinarian accepted custody, care and control of the
animal.
(2) A notice under
subregulation (1) must state that failure to comply with the notice may
be an offence under subregulation (4).
(3) A person who, in
response to a notice under subregulation (1), gives to the veterinarian a
summary of the requested clinical record that includes all information in the
record that is necessary to enable the requesting veterinarian to treat and
care for the animal is taken to have complied with the request.
(4) A person who fails
to comply with a request under subregulation (1) commits an offence
unless the person has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the
notice.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of
$5 000.
(5) For the purposes
of subregulation (4), it is not a reasonable excuse for a person not to
comply with a notice under subregulation (1) on the ground that to do so
might incriminate the person or render the person liable to a penalty.
(6) However, the fact
that a copy of a record or a summary of a record was produced by a person in
compliance with a notice given to the person under subregulation (1) is
not admissible in evidence against the person in any proceedings other
than —
(a)
disciplinary proceedings taken by a regulatory authority under the Act or a
corresponding law; or
(b)
proceedings for an offence under regulation 33A.
[Regulation 32C inserted: SL 2025/92
r. 26.]