1Veterinary Services Regulations 2025

South Australia Veterinary Services Regulations 2025 under the Veterinary Services Act 2023

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation 4 Recognition of corresponding laws 5 Meaning of veterinary service 6 Prescribed peak body 7 Governance training 8 Delegations—prescribed functions 9 Exemptions relating to persons registered in New Zealand 10 Recognition of registration under corresponding laws 11 Responsible person in respect of registered premises 12 Exemptions for provision of veterinary services by persons other than veterinarians 13 Complaints that may be dealt with under Part 7 Division 3 of Act 14 Admission or denial of allegations 15 Transitional provisions—registration of premises Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Services Regulations 2025. 2—Commencement These regulations come into operation on the day on which section 3 of the Veterinary Services Act 2023 comes into operation. 3—Interpretation In these regulations— Act means the Veterinary Services Act 2023. 4—Recognition of corresponding laws Pursuant to the definition of corresponding law in section 3(1) of the Act, each of the following is recognised as a corresponding law under the Act: (a) the Veterinary Practice Act 2018 of the Australian Capital Territory; (b) the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 of New South Wales; (c) the Veterinarians Act 1994 of the Northern Territory; (d) the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 of Queensland; (e) the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1987 of Tasmania; (f) the Veterinary Practice Act 1997 of Victoria; (g) the Veterinary Practice Act 2021 of Western Australia. 5—Meaning of veterinary service The following are excluded from the ambit of the definition of veterinary service in section 3(1) of the Act: (a) the deworming of an animal other than by intranasal oesophageal tube; (b) the performance of the Mules operation on sheep; (c) the dehorning of cattle, sheep or goats if the animal is less than— (i) in the case of cattle where the dehorning is performed at the time of first yarding—12 months of age; or (ii) in any other case—6 months of age; (d) the castration of cattle, sheep, pigs or goats if the animal is less than— (i) in the case of cattle where the castration is performed at the time of first yarding—12 months of age; or (ii) in the case of pigs—21 days of age; or (iii) in any other case—6 months of age; (e) the tail docking of lambs that are less than 6 months of age; (f) the treatment of an animal for ectoparasites; (g) the treatment of footrot in sheep or goats by foot‑paring or foot‑bathing; (h) the vaccination of livestock; (i) farriery or hoof trimming that does not involve entry into or beyond sensitive hoof structures, and the assessment of an animal for that purpose; (j) the desnooding, despurring, dubbing, beak trimming, beak treatment or toe trimming of day‑old poultry chicks; (k) the artificial insemination of cattle or pigs (other than surgical artificial insemination); (l) the diagnosis of pregnancy of an animal by external ultrasound or by testing of blood or milk (other than the diagnosis of pregnancy of a horse by ultrasound); (m) the diagnosis of pregnancy of cattle by rectal ultrasound or rectal examination; (n) rasping the teeth, or removing a loose tooth or deciduous tooth cap, of a horse using manual instruments; (o) the assessment of an animal in relation to— (i) non‑invasive manual physical therapy of the animal; or (ii) the use of a therapeutic device on the animal in the course of non‑invasive physical therapy of the animal (other than extracorporeal shock wave therapy); (p) the performance of a faecal egg count. 6—Prescribed peak body For the purposes of sections 6(3) and 14(4)(a) of the Act, the South Australian Division of the Australian Veterinary Association is a prescribed peak body representing the veterinary profession in the State. 7—Governance training (1) For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, a member of the Board must complete such training related to corporate governance as is determined by the Board and approved by the Minister. (2) The Board must keep records of the corporate governance training completed by Board members. 8—Delegations—prescribed functions For the purposes of section 17(1) of the Act, the following functions are prescribed: (a) hearing and determining proceedings regarding medical fitness under Part 6 of the Act; (b) determining applications for registration on the general register or the specialist register under section 28 of the Act; (c) endorsing codes of conduct, professional standards and guidelines for the purposes of the Act; (d) endorsing the veterinary premises standard under section 40 of the Act. 9—Exemptions relating to persons registered in New Zealand A person— (a) who holds registration in New Zealand equivalent to general or specialist registration under the Act; and (b) who is registered, or has applied for registration, on the general or specialist register under the Act in accordance with the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle as applying to occupations as set out in Part 3 of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth; and (c) whose principal place of residence is not in this State, is exempt from the operation of sections 28(4)(c) and 32(2)(b) of the Act. 10—Recognition of registration under corresponding laws (1) For the purposes of section 33(4) of the Act, the following forms of authorisation under corresponding laws are recognised as corresponding to registration on the specialist register under the Act: