For paragraph (a) in the definition of microchip implanter in section 4 of the Act, the following persons are prescribed persons:

(a) a veterinary surgeon;

(b) a person who is registered, or otherwise recognised, as a veterinary surgeon in another State or a Territory;

(c) a person who has successfully completed an approved course in the implantation of microchips in cats, who is also currently implanting microchips in cats –

(i) for a cat management facility; or

(ii) under the direct on-site supervision of a veterinary surgeon;

(d) a person who is implanting microchips in cats for the purposes of undertaking an approved course in the implantation of microchips in cats, provided that the person is implanting the microchips under the direct on-site supervision of a veterinary surgeon.