Veterinary Surgeons Amendment Act 1900
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1900 c. 24 |
| Year | 1900 |
Veterinary Surgeons Amendment Act, 1900
(63 & 64 Vict.) CHAPTER 24.
An Act to further amend the Law relating to Veterinary Surgeons.
[30th July 1900]
Whereas persons who are the holders of the veterinary certificate of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, granted prior to the passing of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881, are permitted to practise the art and science of veterinary surgery and medicine, but are not amenable to the disciplinary powers conferred on the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons over persons on the Register of Veterinary Surgeons:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Construction and short title.
1. This Act shall be supplemental to, and shall be read with, the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881(herein-after called the principal Act), and may be cited as theVeterinary Surgeons Amendment Act, 1900.
2 Extension or disciplinary powers of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
2. From and after the first day of January one thousand nine hundred and one, all persons now holding the veterinary certificate of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland granted prior to the passing of the principal Act shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in like manner as members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and shall be liable to be deprived by the Council of the said College of the rights of styling themselves members of the veterinary profession, or recovering fees in respect of the practice of the veterinary art, subject to and under the conditions and with the restrictions specified in section six of the principal Act.
3 Penalties.
3. Any person who may be deprived of such rights under the provisions of section two of this Act shall be subject to the penalties mentioned in section seventeen of the principal Act if he takes or uses the title of veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, or any name, title, addition, or description, stating that he is a veterinary surgeon, or a practitioner of veterinary surgery or of any branch...
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