relevant entity means a veterinary services entity, registered veterinary surgeon or registered veterinary specialist;
relevant person, in relation to –
(a) a veterinary services company on which a notice is served under subsection (2)(a) , means a person who is concerned in the management of the company;
(b) a veterinary services partnership on which a notice is served under subsection (2)(b) , means a partner in the partnership; or
(c) a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (2)(c) , means that person.
(2) The Board may serve a notice for the purposes of this section on –
(a) a veterinary services company;
Section 35 - Veterinary Surgeons Act 1987 - Board may require information from records kept under section 34 | Zoe
(b) a veterinary services partnership; or
(c) a registered veterinary surgeon, a registered veterinary specialist or a person who was formerly a registered veterinary surgeon or registered veterinary specialist.
(3) A notice that is served on a relevant entity under subsection (2) may require a relevant person to provide to the Board a statement in writing by the relevant person containing the relevant information specified in the notice.
(4) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (5) , the relevant information specified in a notice is the particulars, for the period specified in the notice, of the information in the records that have been kept under section 34 .
(5) A notice that is served on a relevant entity under subsection (2) is to specify the period in which the relevant information is to be provided.
(6) A relevant person who is required by a notice under subsection (2) to provide a statement in writing must not fail to –
(a) provide the Board with a statement as required by the notice; or
(b) provide the Board with the statement within the period specified in the notice or, if a further period is allowed by the Board, within that further period.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(7) A relevant person must not, in a statement provided in accordance with a notice served under subsection (2) , make a representation which is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(8) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (7) if it is proved that, at the time when the representation was made, the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the representation was neither false nor misleading.