Medical and surgical procedures—veterinary practitioners
19A Medical and surgical procedures—veterinary practitioners
A veterinary practitioner must not do any of the following for a purpose other than a therapeutic purpose:
dock a dog’s tail;
crop a dog’s ear;
remove a dog’s ear;
perform a clitoridectomy on a dog;
carry out any other procedure prescribed by regulation.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
A veterinary practitioner must not remove a dog’s dewclaws more than 4 days after the day the dog was born for a purpose other than a prophylactic purpose or a therapeutic purpose.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
A veterinary practitioner must not carry out a medical or surgical procedure on an animal for a cosmetic purpose only.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Animal Welfare Regulation 2001 · under s 112
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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