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Section 26

Exhibition of certificate of registration and annual practising certificate

of Veterinary Surgeons Act 1974

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Section 26
(1)

Every registered veterinary surgeon shall cause to be exhibited in a conspicuous place in any premises in which he practises veterinary medicine, otherwise than as an officer in the public services, the current annual practising certificate issued to him.

(2)

Where a registered veterinary surgeon carries on the practice of veterinary medicine as aforesaid at two or more addresses, he shall cause his original current annual practising certificate to be displayed as aforesaid in the premises at his principal place of practice and a certified copy of each of the said certificates in the premises at every other place of practice, such certified copies having been obtained by him for that purpose from the Registrar upon application in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner and payment of the prescribed fee therefor.

(3)

Where a registered veterinary surgeon contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

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(4)

Any person who displays, or permits to be displayed in any premises an annual practising certificate or a certified copy thereof bearing his name at any time when his name does not appear on the

Register or he does not hold a valid annual practising certificate, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Practitioner operating practice to furnish particulars of the persons practising veterinary medicine at every place of practice