Penalties

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Whoever —

procures or attempts to procure registration for themselves or for any other person by knowingly —

making, or causing to be made, any misleading, false or fraudulent representation or declaration, either orally, in writing or otherwise; or

producing, or causing to be produced, any false or fraudulent document or certificate;

wilfully makes, or causes to be made, any falsification in any matter relating to the register;

forges, uses, lends to or allows to be used by any other person any certificate issued under this Act; or

makes, or has in that person's possession, any document so closely resembling such certificate as to be calculated to deceive,

commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

Whoever, not being registered as a veterinary practitioner —

takes or uses any title, addition or description implying or calculated to lead persons to believe that that person is so registered;

assumes or uses any affix indicative of any occupational designation relating to the practice of veterinary surgery; or

advertises or holds themselves out as a person authorised or qualified to practice veterinary surgery,

commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

Subject to subsection (4), whoever, during a period when that person's registration is suspended, or who, not being registered —

practices veterinary surgery in any of its branches;

for reward, diagnoses or offers to diagnose or attempts to diagnose any animal disease, ailment, deformity, defect or injury, or examines or advises upon any physical condition of any animal;

prescribes or administers any drug, serum or any other substance or remedy, applies any apparatus, or performs any operation or manipulation for the cure, treatment or prevention of any animal disease, ailment, deformity, defect or injury; or

acts as the assistant or associate of any person who performs any of the acts specified in this subsection,

commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for a term of twelve months.

Subsection (3) does not apply to —

any person registered under this or any other enactment who performs or provides any service which that person is authorised or entitled to perform thereunder;

any student of veterinary surgery performing the services approved by that student's faculty or school as part of that student's course of instruction or part of any examination in relation thereto;

any services approved by the Board to be performed by any person in the course of that person's training;

any person performing functions which that person is employed by the Government to perform;

any person giving necessary veterinary aid in cases of urgent need without reward;

the domestic administration of home remedies; or

such other circumstances as may be prescribed.

Veterinary Act

12 Sections