(a) books, accounts, minutes, registers, deeds, writings and documents; and
(b) X-ray images, photographs and other methods of recording and displaying images; and
(c) any other sources of information compiled, recorded, or stored, in written form or on micro-film, or by electronic process, or in any other manner or by any other means;
register means the register kept under section 14 ;
(a) the examination of, or attendance on, any animal for the purposes of diagnosing the physiological or pathological condition of the animal, including testing or imaging for diagnostic purposes;
(b) giving advice based on a diagnosis referred to in paragraph (a) , including prescribing treatment, drugs, medications or medical appliances;
(c) performing medical or physical treatment of animals;
(d) performing surgical procedures on animals;
(e) administering an anaesthetic to any animal;
(f) conducting pregnancy testing of any animal;
(g) carrying out, by manual operation or use of instrumental appliances, any procedure on an animal for artificial breeding purposes –
but does not include any prescribed services;
[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2011, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2012]veterinary services company means a body corporate, one of the objects of which is the provision of veterinary services, and includes an incorporated limited partnership, within the meaning of the Partnership Act 1891 , that carries on a business, all or part of which consists of the provision of veterinary services;
(b) a reference in this Act to practising veterinary surgery includes the running, operating, or administering by a veterinary surgeon of a veterinary establishment.
(2A) [Section 3 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 49 of 2011, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2012] A reference in this Act to a person being registered as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary specialist under a corresponding law is to be taken to include a reference to the person being registered or otherwise authorised under such a law to provide veterinary services, or specialist veterinary services, respectively, for which registration or authorisation under that law is required, and a reference to registration under a corresponding law has a corresponding meaning.
(b) is honorary only, including registration or authorisation under a corresponding law that is granted or maintained by a person who has generally retired from practice; or
(c) is of a type of registration or authorisation that is prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.