Health Regulations Amendment (Veterinary Practice) Regulations 2022 (WA)

17 June 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3317

AG305

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014

Radiation Safety Act 1975

Health Regulations Amendment (Veterinary

Practice) Regulations 2022

SL 2022/93

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Health Regulations Amendment

(Veterinary Practice) Regulations 2022.

2.   Commencement

This Part amends the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016.

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the

Veterinary Practice Act 2021 section 197 comes into

operation.

Part 2 — Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016

amended

3. Regulations amended

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4.            Regulation 37 amended

In regulation 37 in the definition of veterinary nurse delete
"Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960 section 2." and insert:

Veterinary Practice Act 2021 section 3.

5.            Various references to "veterinary surgeon" replaced

In the provisions listed in the Table delete "veterinary surgeon" and insert:

veterinarian

Table

r. 10(3)	r. 68(a)
r. 69(1) and (2)	r. 70(2)
r. 80(2)(a)

Note: The heading to amended regulation 69 is to read:

Authorisation of veterinarians

Part 3 Radiation Safety (General) Regulations 1983

amended

6.            Regulations amended

This Part amends the Radiation Safety (General) Regulations 1983.
7.	Regulation 3 amended
(1)	In regulation 3(1) delete the definition of veterinary surgeon.
(2)	In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

veterinarian has the meaning given in the Veterinary
Practice Act 2021 section 3;

8.            Various references to "veterinary surgeon" replaced

In the provisions listed in the Table delete "veterinary surgeon"
(each occurrence) and insert:

veterinarian 

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Table

r. 27(3)	r. 38(8)
r. 38(9)	r. 38(10)
r. 38(12)

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.